Hi Srajan, am really intrigued by your forthcoming review of the Wattson Audio DAC. I am one who always wants to reduce boxes, ditch the preamp and go one-box DAC/pre. But I have always found DAC digital volume controls to be lifeless while a good DAC with an analog volume severely reduces your options as there aren't many of them to choose from. Maybe the Leedh type of volume control can open doors to lesser DACs having good digital volume for once? Your review will be the first indication. The idea of Leedh itself is also intriguing in proposing that a nearest whole number like 0.1485 sounds far better than an infinite series like 0.148148148. It's surprising that someone hadn't thought of this before and wondered if it could make a difference. Kind regards, Jonas Harrow
Hello Jonas, the only small fly in this ointment at the moment seems to be some firmware tweaking Wattson are still making before they'll dispatch my loaner. I still don't have it. That Leedh works really well I already know from the last Lumin server I reviewed. It really is a better way to do digital volume. Since Wattson do the boards for Vermeer who also implement Leedh, I'm certain they have solid experience with it so know exactly what to do for their own machine. So fingers x'd that it'll show up sooner rather than later. Srajan
