25-Feb-2015, 18:11
I'm rather new here and anything but an expert but will offer the following:
120W versus 200W - up until my 200 I have always used Class AB amps and found that having more power than one thinks they need as been beneficial. I have believed that one can do more damage to a speaker by driving it harder with less watts (amp clips) than with more so I subscribe to more power is better when at least comparing amps from the same manufacturer, again just my opinion...
Headphone - again no expert but I have configured my 200 to use pre-outs for my headphones (far from high end). I'm not sure that the 120 can do so but knowing that it has less inputs than the 200 does. Even if it can, it maybe make it non-useable depending on the number of inputs you require to run your sources. Also if you are a serious headphone user I suspect a dedicated separate headphone amp might in the end be a better choice - only you'll know when you try out both.
120W versus 200W - up until my 200 I have always used Class AB amps and found that having more power than one thinks they need as been beneficial. I have believed that one can do more damage to a speaker by driving it harder with less watts (amp clips) than with more so I subscribe to more power is better when at least comparing amps from the same manufacturer, again just my opinion...
Headphone - again no expert but I have configured my 200 to use pre-outs for my headphones (far from high end). I'm not sure that the 120 can do so but knowing that it has less inputs than the 200 does. Even if it can, it maybe make it non-useable depending on the number of inputs you require to run your sources. Also if you are a serious headphone user I suspect a dedicated separate headphone amp might in the end be a better choice - only you'll know when you try out both.
