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Help with Headphones - JMZeitouni - 19-Jan-2017 Good day to all. I'm new to this forum. Proud owner of a D200 with B&W 805D, I now have added to my collection the wonderful Focal Utopia headphones. Before shopping for a headphone amp, I would like to try what the Devialet would offer, by simply plugging the headphone in the Devialet (I've read that it's possible via the pre-out, using some kind of adapter from rca to stereo jack). My questions are : Can someone recommend a hi quality adapter for this ? And, since I'm using also a subwoofer, currently plugged in the pre-out , is there another way to plug headphones, or do I need to constantly unplug the subwoofer each time I want to use the headphones? Finally : would somebody recommend a good headphone amp, if it's a better solution. Thank you. Envoyé de mon iPhone en utilisant Tapatalk RE: Help with Headphones - Axel - 20-Jan-2017 (19-Jan-2017, 22:51)JMZeitouni Wrote: Good day to all. Hi, And welcome to Devialet Chat! Do you have a spare pair of inputs that you can configure as outputs? If not, your choices are limited. You could unplug your Sub. which is very inconvenient, as you'd need a different configuration set up on another SD card. The only other option, I think, is to use the USB as an output into a suitable headphone amp. RE: Help with Headphones - maxijazz - 20-Jan-2017 It is not possible to use USB as output to DAC. But it is possible to configure 1 of outputs to Digital SPDIF. Then connect the output to digital coax input on your DAC. I tried that with Chord Mojo and it worked. For such good Utopias I would suggest something much better than Mojo, though. RE: Help with Headphones - Womaz - 20-Jan-2017 I think for a headphone that good you would benefit from a dedicated headphone amp for sure. You should visit the Head -Fi forum as there will no doubt be a thread on the Utopia headphone and there will more than likely be amp recommendations. As it is more geared towards headphones I used this for my research before purchasing my Auralic Taurus amp. The Utopias are a gorgeous looking headphone, and they are supposed to sound incredible. RE: Help with Headphones - Axel - 21-Jan-2017 (20-Jan-2017, 18:26)maxijazz Wrote: It is not possible to use USB as output to DAC. But it is possible to configure 1 of outputs to Digital SPDIF. Then connect the output to digital coax input on your DAC. I tried that with Chord Mojo and it worked. For such good Utopias I would suggest something much better than Mojo, though. Thanks for clarifying that. As you can use the USB output into a computer for vinyl ripping, I thought it might be possible, with a suitable adapter, to use the output to drive a headphone amp. @JMZeitouni: can you give us a screen shot of your Configurator setup so that we can see which inputs you are using and which are free? RE: Help with Headphones - JMZeitouni - 01-Sep-2018 Thanks to all. For some reason I was never notified of replies to this thread. I’m now enjoying the utopias with a dedicated headphone setup. It’s a charm each time. |