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Berkeley DAC into preamp or amp ?

I've done some searching but don't see many comparisons of the sound of the BAD Alpha DAC fed through a preamp versus into the amp directly. I'm interested in the degree/range of digital attenuation needed with amps of various gain. At what attenuation level did sonic degradation (if any) become audible?
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pbrennan
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I have a berkley dac and am using it to drive a pair of ATC 50aslt's directly.
I tried using it through my pre-amp, but felt the compromise was too pronounced.
I use 54 attenuation on the DAC, this being the recommended.
I am not a fan of digital, and before I bought it was moving back to vinyl.
The berkley dac reversed that decision. It's that good.
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