TJIann Posted June 28, 2015 Share Posted June 28, 2015 Anyone have any experience with one of these yet? I recently replaced my Outlaw Audio 975 preamp in my system (which had a headphone jack) with a McIntosh MX119 preamp which does not have a headphone jack. So, I'm thinking about using the Zone B output of the McIntosh to hook up a headphone amp. Other ideas are welcome. Thanks, Tim Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grog Posted June 29, 2015 Share Posted June 29, 2015 The MX119 has toslink and optical outputs so you could use a headphone amp/DAC with TOSLINK or coaxial inputs. I use a couple of these and they work great. Turtle Beach Ear Force DSS 7.1 Channel Dolby Surround Sound Processor. I bought two of these at $14.99 and now they are $13.99. I also bought a 2x4 TOSlink Optical Audio Splitter Distribution Amplifier Amp Distributor Multiplier. Can select two different toslink inputs and have four outputs. I am only using two outputs right now. Both outputs go to each of the Turtle Beach DSS devices. http://amzn.com/B003O0KICS http://amzn.com/B00GEG1KO4 Nice thing is the headphone amp does handle Dolby but downside is it does not handle DTS. Works very well with my Klipsch X7 'In Ear Headphones'. If you don't care about Dolby the SMSL SD793-II PCM1793 also works well. I use this DAC in the bedroom. http://amzn.com/B00A2QLPJM 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TJIann Posted June 29, 2015 Author Share Posted June 29, 2015 The MX119 has toslink and optical outputs so you could use a headphone amp/DAC with TOSLINK or coaxial inputs. I use a couple of these and they work great. Turtle Beach Ear Force DSS 7.1 Channel Dolby Surround Sound Processor. I bought two of these at $14.99 and now they are $13.99. I also bought a 2x4 TOSlink Optical Audio Splitter Distribution Amplifier Amp Distributor Multiplier. Can select two different toslink inputs and have four outputs. I am only using two outputs right now. Both outputs go to each of the Turtle Beach DSS devices. http://amzn.com/B003O0KICS http://amzn.com/B00GEG1KO4 Nice thing is the headphone amp does handle Dolby but downside is it does not handle DTS. Works very well with my Klipsch X7 'In Ear Headphones'. If you don't care about Dolby the SMSL SD793-II PCM1793 also works well. I use this DAC in the bedroom. http://amzn.com/B00A2QLPJM Thanks grog! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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