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Quality product, but has some flaws for me.
Soundwise I think it's quite good and neutral.
It has a lot of functions and even though you would expect it to SWITCH between inputs, the fact that you can have multiple inputs on at once, can be actually quite handy.
The channel cut, phase and mono buttons are handy an can be combined to do handy things.
Here's its flaws for MY use:
1. The main volume pot got scratchy
2. it has less headroom than my DAC (SSL Alpha LInk) which means I cannot have the SSL at full output or the Drawmer will clip. I have to trim it down a few dB, which is annoying.
3. The headphone amps are way too loud for me. I don't think I've ever had them over 25%! I guess they are good to drive high impedance headphones, but it would be nice to be able to use them with my professional headphones without constant fear of hearing damage.
4. It has monitor output trims (while most monitors have analogue trims), I'd prefer to have seen INPUT trims instead, because convertors often don't have analogue output trims and trimming them digitally is obviously undesirable in a studio environment.
It has a lot of functions and even though you would expect it to SWITCH between inputs, the fact that you can have multiple inputs on at once, can be actually quite handy.
The channel cut, phase and mono buttons are handy an can be combined to do handy things.
Here's its flaws for MY use:
1. The main volume pot got scratchy
2. it has less headroom than my DAC (SSL Alpha LInk) which means I cannot have the SSL at full output or the Drawmer will clip. I have to trim it down a few dB, which is annoying.
3. The headphone amps are way too loud for me. I don't think I've ever had them over 25%! I guess they are good to drive high impedance headphones, but it would be nice to be able to use them with my professional headphones without constant fear of hearing damage.
4. It has monitor output trims (while most monitors have analogue trims), I'd prefer to have seen INPUT trims instead, because convertors often don't have analogue output trims and trimming them digitally is obviously undesirable in a studio environment.
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