Ryan Grant

I do however have one last question. I'm either getting the Yamaha A-S500BL or Yamaha A-S700BL. With my AudioQuest Dragonfly and a pair of Polk RTi A3's would you say 700 is over kill? Power wise I've read there's not much difference. What I've read is that the the jump from 5-700 is that wonderful natural Yamaha sound people buying Yamaha seek. I imagine both will be plenty loud and more than enough to push my A3's to "very loud" (which I need sometimes), but overall I'm an SQ man. What your input? Anyone else with input would really really help as well!! (Hence I spelled every word out, to help searchers find the thread, haha) -Ryan

I do however have one last question. I'm either getting the Yamaha A-S500BL or Yamaha A-S700BL. With my AudioQuest Dragonfly and a pair of Polk RTi A3's would you say 700 is over kill? Power wise I've read there's not much difference. What I've read is that the the jump from 5-700 is that wonderful natural Yamaha sound people buying Yamaha seek. I imagine both will be plenty loud and more than enough to push my A3's to "very loud" (which I need sometimes), but overall I'm an SQ man. What your input? Anyone elses input would really really help as well!! (Hence I spelled every word out, to help searchers find the thread, haha)

I do however have one last question. I'm either getting the Yamaha A-S500BL or Yamaha A-S700BL. With my AudioQuest Dragonfly and a pair of Polk RTi A3's would you say 700 is over kill? Power wise I've read there's not much difference. What I've read is that the the jump from 5-700 is that wonderful natural Yamaha sound people buying Yamaha seek. I imagine both will be plenty loud and more than enough to push my A3's to "very loud" (which I need sometimes), but overall I'm an SQ man. What your input? Anyone elses input would really really help as well!! (Hence I spelled every word out, to help searchers find the thread, haha)

You answered my questions perfectly, thanks. JRiver has the option to disable software volume control so setting the AQ DF/System volume to 100% and controlling volume through the receiver is the right way to go.

My Setup; Windows 7 Ultimate JRiver Media Center AudioQuest DragonFly DAC A/V Receiver (Onkyo TX-8255) Loudspeakers (Polk RTi A3) My question is what volume settings should each be set at? There seems to be 3 in total I need to determine the best setting for. I've read more than one article explaining the right way to set the volumes controls for each/everything together, therefore it would seem that one, or more, of them isn't explaining it correctly. The Dragon-Fly's volume The Windows' System Volume The A/V Receiver's Volume I really appreciate any help in advance, Thanks, -Ryan G.

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Windows 7 > JRiver Media Center > DragonFly > Stereo Receiver > Loudspeakers (Polk RTi A3's) How do I set the three different volumes correctly? The DF Jriver, IF (and should I?) I change it from system The Onkyo Receiver