I notice someone on the head fi forums who has had good results driving
a pair of rewired HD650s direct from the XLR output of the Lavry DA10:
http://www.head-fi.org/forums/showthread.php?t=212589
Would this work as well with the transporter XLR outputs (i.e. would
the transporter supply enough
I think the problem would be that you cannot attenuate the XLR output,
so you get no volume control even if you could connect the phones
direct to the transporter.
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magnanimous
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magnanimous;170925 Wrote:
I think the problem would be that you cannot attenuate the XLR output,
so you get no volume control even if you could connect the phones
direct to the transporter.
Not quite. AFAIK the volume control works on all outputs including the
balanced - what you miss is the
muski;168135 Wrote:
Note that this is not a balanced amp, and so cannot be connected to the
Transporter's XLR balanced outputs. Headroom does make some balanced
amps, but they are even pricier. Also, if you do buy a balanced
headphone amp, you will need to recable your HD 600s.
Headroom
I recently purchased the Serious Audiophile Package from HeadRoom,
which, for $2000, includes their 'Max'ed out' Desktop Amp, Desktop
Power Supply and a pair of the recently introduced AKG 701s. It is
connected to my Transporter and sounds absolutely wonderful. Because
this headphone amp also
Check out headphone .com
There are a lot of good headphone amps out there.
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I would suggest HeadAmp GS-X. It takes at least a couple of months to
get it. I had on order since beginning of October and I don't have it
yet.
I think both XLR and RCA outputs of the Transporter are active
simultaneously but only RCA outputs can be attenuated. I use the
attenuated RCA
