radish112 wrote: > Folks, > > I'm a newbie with regard to headphone amps, and I need some advice. I > own a Touch, and on occasion I use the Touch's headphone jack. And > sometimes I use the Touch with the headphone jack on my receiver. But > now I'm considering buying a headphone amp to use with the Touch. > > At present, I'm interested in the Schitt Magni headphone amp: > http://www.schiit.com/products/magni-1 > > Because I've never owned a headphone amp, I need advice on how to > connect the Touch to the Magni in the most efficient, effective way. I'm > thinking that there are at least two ways I can accomplish this: > > 1. Using a 3.5mm to RCA cable, I could plug the 3.5mm into the Touch's > headphone jack and the RCAs into the Magni's RCA input jacks, or > > 2. I could run a RCA cable from the Touch to the Magni's RCA input > jacks. > > The first option, may not produce the best sound. (And maybe it makes no > difference at all). The second option would be a bit of a hassle because > I'd have to unplug the RCAs that currently run from the Touch to my > receiver (An Outlaw Audio RR2150) and instead plug them into the Magni. > This would mean I'd have to do this every time I wanted to direct the > Touch's output to the headphone amp rather than the receiver, or vice > versa. Not a very elegant "solution." > > I don't know if it would be helpful to you, but here are a couple of > things about my receiver: > > 1. It has Tape In and Tape Out connections > > 2. It has an "External Processor Loop" that allows one to connect an > external device's analog audio outputs to the receiver's left and right > analog audio inputs. I don't really understand this, and I can provide a > cut 'n' paste from the Owner's Manual if it might be of use to you. > > Thank you for taking the time to read and ponder this. I'd be grateful > for any tips you can provide, including that I abandon the notion of > buying a headphone amp altogether if that's the better course of action > (er, non-action). :) > > Cheers, > > SteveIf you get a headphone amp/DAC you can use the Touch digital out. Schiit have one called Fulla but there must be others.
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