Quote Originally Posted by Macca View Post
Someone on another forum recently had the same experience. I pointed out the high output impedance as the probable culprit however they were sceptical. Still sold the DAC on as no happy with it. Hard to see why the output impedance is so high, there's seemingly no reason other than sloppy design which isn't really warranted by the very high price. Of course with many pre-amps it won't be an issue.
I agree, an odd design decision and to be honest impedance matching was something I'd never even considered before. My problem though was less the DAC and more the unusually low input impedance of my amp. Careful matching required.