Buffered or unbuffered Lina AMP input

[Ermos (Erno)]

Hi Anthony,

You have asked this before, and got this reply:

Lina connections / cable & Inputs etc

Hi Anthony, There won’t be any issues with using the buffered inputs on the amp, but the quality won’t be as good as with the unbuffered input. As you are using the Lina DAC, you also don’t need the extra drive that comes from the buffered input on the amplifier. If you need some extra volume on the system, make sure the DAC Output Level is set to 6V not the 2V default, and that the amplifier is in high gain mode (the gain switch under the volume control set to the right hand side). The buffer…

The technical explanation is:

From: https://dcsaudio.com/edit/lina_amp_linearity