Ooh, that's a whole lot of useful info -- our resident engineer to the rescue, again. Thanks. Haven't experimented with them both on -- habitually turned off the headphone amp when listening to the speakers. Worth a shot.
The headphone amp in question is a Headroom Home Amp (circa 1999). Yea, took it out of the closet after quite a while.... Not sure what it's input impedance is, and some looking on the web provided no additional info. It's RCA only.
Truth be told, really don't resort to the cans all that often (that would be the same ones that have been in the closet for years, so there you go...), so simply leaving the Headroom disconnected unless I'm using it may well be the simplest and easiest fix. But if I were to reach for a higher-impedance buffer stage to put between the DAC and the Headroom, what would such a beast look like? (Forgive my ignorance, just not familiar with such animals). Little disappointed that the beast in question isn't a Canadian mutant mouse repository, but don't suppose that's where I might start looking for one...;). Thanks again.
The headphone amp in question is a Headroom Home Amp (circa 1999). Yea, took it out of the closet after quite a while.... Not sure what it's input impedance is, and some looking on the web provided no additional info. It's RCA only.
Truth be told, really don't resort to the cans all that often (that would be the same ones that have been in the closet for years, so there you go...), so simply leaving the Headroom disconnected unless I'm using it may well be the simplest and easiest fix. But if I were to reach for a higher-impedance buffer stage to put between the DAC and the Headroom, what would such a beast look like? (Forgive my ignorance, just not familiar with such animals). Little disappointed that the beast in question isn't a Canadian mutant mouse repository, but don't suppose that's where I might start looking for one...;). Thanks again.