Output Level: Choosing The Maximum Output Level; Volume Steps: Choosing Volume Steps - M2TECH YOUNG MKIII User Manual

YOUNG M III
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DIGITAL-TO-ANALOG CONVERTER AND PREAMPLIFIER
REVISION 1.0 – SEPTEMBER 2017

7.5.5. OUTPUT LEVEL: Choosing the Maximum Output Level

The YOUNG M III can be used as either a normal source (when it's connected to one of the
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inputs of an integrated amplifier or a preamplifier), or as a preamplifier (when it's
connected to a power amplifier). The two setups require the YOUNG M
different output levels. In fact, many power amplifiers require higher voltages than those
provided by a normal DAC to reach the full output power, voltages which, on the other
hand, are largely excessive for a preamplifier.
The YOUNG M III is capable of delivering an output voltage up to 10Vrms in balanced
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mode, more than sufficient to drive even the most challenging single-ended tube power
amplifier. It's obvious that should this ability be used to drive a preamplifier or a solid state
power amplifier, the user would be forced to always keep volume very low, wasting a large
part of the YOUNG M
For this reason, it is possible to choose the maximum output level the YOUNG M
deliver by the menu. The choice is between two values: 5Vrms in balanced (therefore
2.5Vrms in single-ended) and 10Vrms in balanced (equivalent to 5Vrms in single-ended).
The first value is preferred when driving low-sensitivity power amplifiers, while the second
value is best suited to when using the YOUNG M
preamplifier or when a high sensitivity power amplifier is to be driven.
OUTPUT VOLTAGE

7.5.6. VOLUME STEPS: Choosing Volume Steps

The YOUNG MKIII output level can be set with two different granularity intervals: 1dB or
0.5dB. Choosing 0.5dB will allow for a broader but faster level setting, while 0.5dB will
allow for finer but slower setting, as the available steps double.
III's great low noise and dynamic performance.
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OUTPUT VOLTAGE
5.0V
VOLUME STEPS
VOLUME STEPS
0.5 dB
III as a true source connecting it to a
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SETUP
OUTPUT VOLTAGE
10.0V
SETUP
VOLUME STEPS
1.0 dB
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