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Graham I like your suggestion but I would also see a benefit in Dean's (Baconrind's) request.
 
I do a lot of my listening in my "office" while at a computer, so a USB DAC headphone amp would be fantastic. Even better if it also had line level out.
 
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Originally posted by AlieN AlieN wrote:


USB DAC headphone amp would be fantastic. Even better if it also had line level out.
 
Neil

Isn't that the Bitzie?
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Having a top notch headphone out on the big DAC is OK but what happens if someone also wants to listen to vinyl through headphones? Do they need the big DAC with its own headphone amp plus another headphone amp just for vinyl? Or am I not understanding this correctly?
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Can always put in a line input.
That none should be able to park up and enjoy the view without a smartphone and the knowledge in how to use apps
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Mmm... being someone who listens mainly using loudspeakers rather than headphones I'd prefer the headphone amp to be built into the Aria (if anything), i.e. like most amps/preamps... or just leave it out and use a line out from the Aria so the user can choose from one of your existing headphone amps based on budget and requirements.

However, from the point of view of a headphone-only person I guess the argument could go the other way... plug a phono stage and digital source into the big dac with its headphone amp output and you're all set!
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DACs with a headphone socket are very common. DACs with a SoloULDE-quality headphone output are definitely not. 

In the past I've had a hifi rack full of kit, each with its own headphone socket. Duplication of sockets would be nothing new, but unless Graham can produce a completely modular product line, where you select what features you'd like in which item, I can't see how some kind of headphone duplication can be avoided.

For my use, I'd love a combo unit - Aria (tone controls and all Wink), SoloUL, Reflex M, Big DAC with USB input. A music centre without the source components. And you could put it in an even bigger case with a couple of Proprius amps. Think of the cabling you'd dispense with, and the GSP goodness the thing would have . . . .  Dealers could do nice bundles with the appropriate loudspeakers and CD/turntable/streamer of the day. A turn-key GSP system not only for the discerning music-lover, but for the lifestyle crowd too.Handshake
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Originally posted by morris_minor morris_minor wrote:

DACs with a headphone socket are very common. DACs with a SoloULDE-quality headphone output are definitely not. 

In the past I've had a hifi rack full of kit, each with its own headphone socket. Duplication of sockets would be nothing new, but unless Graham can produce a completely modular product line, where you select what features you'd like in which item, I can't see how some kind of headphone duplication can be avoided.

For my use, I'd love a combo unit - Aria (tone controls and all Wink), SoloUL, Reflex M, Big DAC with USB input. A music centre without the source components. And you could put it in an even bigger case with a couple of Proprius amps. Think of the cabling you'd dispense with, and the GSP goodness the thing would have . . . .  Dealers could do nice bundles with the appropriate loudspeakers and CD/turntable/streamer of the day. A turn-key GSP system not only for the discerning music-lover, but for the lifestyle crowd too.Handshake

+1, but without the headphone socket(s) and without the USB input to the DAC, for me. Can a DAC have an Ethernet input or is that only for "streamers"? I'm pretty well up there in terms of ignorance.
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