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WeStartToDrift wrote: Wed May 19, 2021 7:42 pm Linn LP12 w/ Garrott Bros P88
Krell KSA Preamp
Levinson 431 Stereo Amp
Rockport Mira

Lots of fun with this rig!

So if anybody has a Chrome Bumper Naim HiCap lying around, I need one.

And if anyone has a Linn Klout for sale, let me know.

Active Briks are coming....

Same as before times:

VPI Scout w/ Soundsmith Zephyr
PS Audio phono amp
PS Audio C100 integrated
Dynaudio Focus 140
Rotel CD player

bishopdante wrote: Thu May 20, 2021 11:44 pm Thorens TD150 Turntable with SME 3010 Arm
Quad 33 Preamp + 303 Power Amp
Midfield: 2x Tannoy Monitor Gold 12 in Lancaster Cabinet
Nearfield: 2x Kef Reference 101 + 2x Visonik David 50

Those older Thorens tables are great, especially with something like an SME arm.

SL1210 MkII w/ AT-VM95ex cartridge
Harman Kardon HD990 cd player
Denon PMA-925R amp
ATC SCM11 MkI speakers

seby wrote: Thu May 20, 2021 9:02 am

WeStartToDrift wrote: Wed May 19, 2021 7:42 pm Linn LP12 w/ Garrott Bros P88
Krell KSA Preamp
Levinson 431 Stereo Amp
Rockport Mira

Lots of fun with this rig!

Indeed.

bishopdante wrote: Thu May 20, 2021 11:44 pm Thorens TD150 Turntable with SME 3010 Arm
Quad 33 Preamp + 303 Power Amp
Midfield: 2x Tannoy Monitor Gold 12 in Lancaster Cabinet
Nearfield: 2x Kef Reference 101 + 2x Visonik David 50

Nice.

Solid State Logic SSL2 DAC
Marantz CD583 (with Phillips TDA1541A DAC chip)
Vestax PDX-d3 turntable
Yamaha KX-390 tape deck

into

Nad 3020 (decoupled for use as pre)

into

Yamaha AX592 (decoupled for use as power - dual 100w monoblocks)

into

A: Yamaha NS-30T's
B: Yamaha NS-10M's

Tell me about headphone amps. I need a primer. Do they just pug into your pre-amp? Do I need a splitter for the turntable: 1 for headphone, 1 for phono stage? Do they have a built-in phono stage?

Good headphone amps for under $300 USD?

Help!

Thanks.

enframed wrote: Sun May 30, 2021 8:51 pm Tell me about headphone amps. I need a primer. Do they just pug into your pre-amp? Do I need a splitter for the turntable: 1 for headphone, 1 for phono stage? Do they have a built-in phono stage?

Good headphone amps for under $300 USD?

Help!

Thanks.

Headphone pres would not usually have a phono stage, so for phono you would need to come out of the pre-out or record/tape/line out of your main preamp. If pre-out then your amp's volume knob will affect the input going into the headphone pre. I would go with the record/tape/line out as this means that you will not need to uncouple (split the pre and power sections) your integrated amp if this is how you are doing things (with an integrated amp).

CD players and whatnot can be plugged straight into the back of a headphone pre.

Take a look at the Neve headphone pre's input descriptions here as the taxonomy makes things pretty clear:

https://www.audiochocolate.com.au/all-p ... phone-amp/

There are three types of inputs on the back. Balanced XLR's for coming out of mixers and whatnot. Regular RCAs for anything with RCA outputs (with the exception of normal turntables, for which see above), and a minijack for coming out of your phone.

In short, if you come from your tape-outs on your amp into the inputs of your headphone pre then you should be good. Watch you don't blow your ears out as some of these things have a lot of push..."for even the hardest to drive, high end cans...."

Does this make any sense?