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Topic: Headphone Amp Connection Question
Posted By: Gidders
Subject: Headphone Amp Connection Question
Date Posted: 03 Mar 2018 at 2:23pm
For my daytime listening I have my streamer into 82/250 & floorstanding speakers

For late at night I have a GS Solo ULDE being fed from the tape socket of the 82 powering my HD800 headphones.

However I've discovered that my late night listening set up sounds better when I bypass the 82 & connect the streamer direct to the Solo, but its a pain to have to keep swapping connections.

So I was wondering - what if I have a cable made up with twin phonos out of the streamer but with two flying leads - 5 pin din to the 82 for daytime listening & twin phonos to the Solo so I can leave everything permanently connected?

Will this cause any problems / feedback loops / degradation in the sound?

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Gidders
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LP12/Ittok/Lingo/Gram Amp 2 SE/L*nn Klimax Renew DS
GS Solo ULDE/PSU1/HD800
Naim 82/HiCap/250
Kudos Cadera 2



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Posted By: Fatmangolf
Date Posted: 03 Mar 2018 at 10:29pm
A pair of phono splitters are what you need - Maplin (while they last) sell these: https://www.maplin.co.uk/p/gold-plated-2-to-1-phono-adapter-n84an" rel="nofollow - https://www.maplin.co.uk/p/gold-plated-2-to-1-phono-adapter-n84an

That would allow you to split the signal at the streamer feeding your existing phono to DIN lead and the phono to phono lead that feeds your Solo directly. It shouldn't affect the sound quality if the Naim is set to the streamer input, just turn the volume down obviously. You can check if it causes an earth loop by connecting this up and switching to the phono input to hear any hum.



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Jon

Open mind and ears whilst owning GSP Genera, Accession M, Accession MC, Elevator EXP, Solo ULDE, Proprius amps, Cusat50 cables, Lautus digital cable, Spatia cables and links, and a Majestic DAC.


Posted By: Gidders
Date Posted: 04 Mar 2018 at 11:41am
Thanks for the suggestion Jon

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Gidders
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LP12/Ittok/Lingo/Gram Amp 2 SE/L*nn Klimax Renew DS
GS Solo ULDE/PSU1/HD800
Naim 82/HiCap/250
Kudos Cadera 2



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