WARNING! Learn from my mistake

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#1

This is on the RS520 but may be the same for other devices.

I normally have software volume control turned off.
So when I plugged in my ONIX Alpha dongle DAC into the USB out, so I could use headphones…
I got 100% volume and when the music came on… poof. Blew a channel on my headphones and probably a little damage to my ear…

It was my bad and my fault. Stupid mistake.

The software volume control allows you to set the volume instead of line out.
On the dongle dac, rather than let the dac control the volume, I used the phone so its set to full out.

So I killed my headphones… :anguished:

#2

Can happen Mikey. No one is perfect!

Even if you’re the best in the YT Academy, mistakes happen. I hope that your anatomical system, which combines two independent sensory organs, is doing well. Otherwise, listen to 520.

#3

Bonte,
The reason I posted this because it was a brain dead mistake.
Now I have to spend a couple hundred on something I wasn’t planning to spend money on.
Of course since the Mac Studio 5Ultra is delayed… not too bad.

And there are a lot of options out there.

#4

Insight is the first way to improve.

I see you’re seriously working on your ego.

Leave out YT and you are the most sympathetic person in this forum. Well, maybe a little too much of the praise hymns. :wink:

#5

Bonte,
Ego is fine…
Id is fine.

I think you’re projecting.

Again the reason I raised this issue is that

  1. You can potentially damange your headphones or other gear because you’re not expecting full volume on the output

  2. You could potentially harm your hearing.
    Well most people. I doubt you could…

There was another thread a while ago where someone asked about the purpose of this setting.
Now if you’re not using the RS520 to feed other things… and you want your AUX to be line out… then its ok to not turn on software volume controls.

The downside is that I really liked the Eris headphones… which are currently sold out but may be coming back. There’s a used pair of Poseidon s for sale and if I can get them at a good price… it would be a good replacement. Of course there are other options.

But if I do the Poseidon s, I could also pick up the Schitt dongle dac which is $99.00 and has gotten good reviews.

#6

So I have a 520 and am curious about this issue.
Question 1. Why do you need to use a dongle dac for the headphones from the output?

Question 2. Are you saying that if software volume control is not in that the output is max volume? Can’t that be manually controlled using the analog dial/switch?

I am just trying to learn here so forgive me for my lack of understanding and questions. Reason for asking g as well is I am getting ready to use a phono preamp with the input and I’m wondering how that volume will be controlled. I just purchased a Ifi Zen 3 and looking to set it up properly to avoid any problems.

Thanks,
Robert

#7

@rayray57

Ok, first the RS520 doesn’t have any headphone jacks so you need an external device like a USB dac/dap or a headphone amp.

If you don’t explicitly turn on software controlled volume… these output devices will be set to full audio. Only your speakers will have controlled volume.

If you’re hooking up a phono pre-amp, that going to be an input device which will be line in.

This issue is only on volume output.

HTH

-Mike

#8

Ok I see the issue with not having a headphone jack. I was looking at some phono preamps that do have them and this way you could listen using the jack on that amp so was wondering if that’s the same for volume but I guess it would be limited to the music input/output from the turntable. Duh :roll_eyes:

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