I'm following @atomicbob's SOP of passive attenuator and amp pot set at unity gain. Does this count as 2 pots in series? Maybe it's anti-synergy of the source and pot impedances.
@crenca significant loss of detail and immediacy. Having a Sys between the parasound dac2000 and magni/45 tube amp significantly worsened their sound. I first noticed this with the Magni, actually.
Although cable length is a possible confounder, the setup with Sys had 1 m cables, while the setup without has a 2 m cable.
@gixxerwimp Yeah, its possible that lower impedance sources won't be quite as badly affected. The Theta Gen VA (which happens to be available locally...) with its 1 ohm output impedance probably wouldn't care as much.
The setup you described is exactly how I had previously configured my own setup. The dual mono pots on my amp are such a pain in the ass to use.
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