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High output dacs/CD players

I'm interested to know high output dac and/or CD players which can go well with passive preamps. The high output is generally well above the 2V norm of the CD. I know of the Theta Pro gen V dac which is about 6V in unbal RCA and about 7V in bal XLR. Then, there is the Audio Synthesis DAX-2 at 3.6V and also the Altis Ref dac with 4V. Are there more? They all must be highend products. Any CDPs?
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ljgj
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The Kora Hermes tube DAC puts out 5v or the regular 2v.
ljgj
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Sam Tellig from Stereophile uses a Harmonic Recovery device to boost the gain without degrading the sound. I bought one and it made a tremendous difference - you can hook up between CD player and preamp or preamp and amp - only comes in rca. Sells for 499 - The Elusive Disc carries them.
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