The volume on the Wavelength Audio DAC is controlled via the system volume using USB. It's considerably more expensive at $900 USD.

I'd love to know whether the Mac's volume setting adjusts the digital volume level of the Matrix DAC. Might be worth the upgrade for me if it does.

As mentioned in another thread , I use a Beresford Caiman DAC between my MacBook Pro & Beolab 3s. This DAC has a volume knob & pre-amp out. You'll need different cables from the DAC to the speakers. I suspect Sounds Heavanly will be the place to go for those.

Sorry to ressurect an ancient topic, but I did quite a lot of research before solving this problem! My solution was to connect my MacBook Pro to a Beresford Caiman DAC via USB, then on to the Beolab 3s using Sounds Heavanly's RCA Pre-Out to Beolab Line In Cables . The Beresford DAC has a pre-amp in it - one of the few DACs I could find which does

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