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Help! Source Output Too High for Headphones

I'm looking for any suggestions on how to reduce the output from my source, a Sony XA5400ES CD player. 

I run the CD player to my headphone amp, either a iFi Pro ican, or a Woo WA22 amp. With any of my headphones 

which are high or low efficiency, high or low impedance, I can only turn the volume up 1 or 2 notches, or below 9 o'clock.

There is no volume adjustment on the Sony, unlike my Oppo 105D. 

Can I put anything in-line to reduce the output?

Thanks!
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There is no volume adjustment on the Sony, unlike my Oppo 105D.
Can I put anything in-line to reduce the output?
A Goldpoint SA2 or Schiit SYS will do the trick, you can connect it in reverse if you want to use it to switch between two headphone amp.

https://www.goldpt.com/sa2.html

https://www.schiit.com/products/sys
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