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Hi,

I am looking for some advice here-

I listen to my music at work using my ipod classic 160g with either a pair of Sennheiser HD650 or Grado RS80 vis a JDS Labs cMoy Bass Boost v2.00.

I am looking to upgrade my headphone amp soon. My problem is that I'm an animator and need to listen to dialog or music beat a lot of the time at work. The rest of the time I like to listen to my ipod. At the moment I switch headphones all the time- either using the Sennheiser or Grado for my music; or a pair of Sony MDR V6 for my dialog. It would be nice to have an amp that has two inputs or I can switch source rather that switching headphones!

The Shanling ph300 has got two analog inputs and has some good reviews.(I am interested in it partly because it's a tube amp.)
I don't know if there are others.
Another thing I can do is to get a Dac/amp and something like a itransport to take the digital signal out of my ipod and use the analog input for work.

I am thinking about spending between $400 to $1000.

I guess my Benchmark DAC1 will do the job but that is being used as my main cd source at home and I would like to have another amp that I can keep at work. ideally something cheaper than the DAC1.

Any advice will be greatly appreciated.

-Paul