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                Hi Brian, Russ, What would need to be changed to connect the OPUS DAC to the Legato 2 for SE? I would also would love to use BAL eventually. I'd love to be able to use stuff that I already bought for now... ;-) Thanks Do Edited by user Sunday, June 19, 2011 9:09:23 PM(UTC)
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                pinnocchio wrote:Hi Brian, Russ,
 What would need to be changed to connect the OPUS DAC to the Legato 2 for SE? I would also would love to use BAL eventually.
 
 I'd love to be able to use stuff that I already bought for now... ;-)
 
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 Do
 Unfortunately there is no good way to use the Legato with the WM8741. Your best bet will be the IVY-III. Sorry. | 
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                Hi Russ,
 I do have an IVY III as well.
 
 How would you modify it to fit the bill?
 
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                Simply use the V-IN header instead of the I_IN header. | 
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                That was way too easy... Please find me another solution... ;-)
 Thanks Brian!
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                I'm sorry if my question is ignorant but my understanding is that the Opus does not need an I/V stage. Is there a benefit of using the IVYIII with the Opus other than to utilize the Bal/SE section and to drive headphones? | 
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                It certainly does not need an I/V stage, as its output is voltage. :) But its output is relatively high output impedance and not at all filtered. Adding an output stage like the IVY-III considerably improves performance. Notice I said output stage, not I/V stage. :) Edited by user Thursday, June 23, 2011 6:16:39 AM(UTC)
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                One other reason is to obtain higher quality SE output by fully utilizing the balanced outputs via the BAL/SE stage. | 
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                Thanks Russ!
 Yeah I noticed output stage (I/V = Current to Voltage output and it is already a voltage output). All noted!
 
 So, output stage it is!
 
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                Thanks for the explanation Russ, makes sense. | 
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