nDAC direct to NAP 300 (again)

Posted by: My naim is immaterial on 07 January 2015

I've purchased a cable n very happy with Sonos ZP1/nDac/NAP 300 without the NAC 282/Flatcap (sounds no worse or better and can't get the best out of the gear anyway, having moved to a converted chapel).

 

Don't want to hear cloth ears/it aint right etc. just advice on whether it can it do any harm to the system from a hardware point of view.

 

Thanks in advance,  Marc

 

    

Posted on: 07 January 2015 by Paul Quigley ie

This is not recommended but I think it is very unlikely to damage anything particularly if not driven hard. I did some thing similar with a 250. It worked but did not sound good.

Posted on: 08 January 2015 by james n

Marc - Won't harm anything. I assume you are using the Sonos volume control (which is chucking away bits so is effectively a 'lossy' volume control) so just be careful you don't set it to max accidentally. I don't have my controller in front of me so i can't remember whether you can set a maximum volume setting for a particular zone. 

Posted on: 08 January 2015 by dave4jazz
Originally Posted by My naim is immaterial:

I've purchased a cable n very happy with Sonos ZP1/nDac/NAP 300 without the NAC 282/Flatcap (sounds no worse or better and can't get the best out of the gear anyway, having moved to a converted chapel).

 

Don't want to hear cloth ears/it aint right etc. just advice on whether it can it do any harm to the system from a hardware point of view.

 

Thanks in advance,  Marc

Marc

 

Why? Surely best practice would be to have the volume control after the NDAC, i.e. you need a pre-amp, or replace the NDAC with a DAC-V1, then set the SONOS line output to max. Anything else and you may be courting disaster and you won't be out of pocket either (in a manner of speaking ).

 

If you haven't seen it already you may find this thread interesting:

 

https://forums.naimaudio.com/to...nsport-or-on-the-amp

 

Dave

Posted on: 08 January 2015 by GregW
Originally Posted by james n:

Marc - Won't harm anything. I assume you are using the Sonos volume control (which is chucking away bits so is effectively a 'lossy' volume control) so just be careful you don't set it to max accidentally. I don't have my controller in front of me so i can't remember whether you can set a maximum volume setting for a particular zone. 

 

Its not available today, but it's curently in 'Under consideration' status At Sonos.

 

+1 on dave4jazz's comment. I'm running my Connect in to a DAC-V1 with a fixed line out level.