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Originally Posted by Vinnie R.
All,
The Isabellina dac has 3 digital inputs (USB, coax, and optical). Adding analog inputs will add complexity and cost because I'll need to pass the output of the dac (as well as analog inputs) to an input select switch. Doing all of this gives us a preamp. If you want a dac + preamp with headphone output, I already have this: Red Wine Audio Isabella (add dac + HP options). I know, I know - it is not cheap at $6k. But with the "Isabellina HP" (Isabellina with headphone output), I am hoping to keep the price less than half of that.
So in order to keep the cost down, I was hoping that most people would be fine with the 3 digital inputs, 1 set of volume controlled RCA outputs, and
one 1/4" headphone output. I would appreciate more feedback on this...
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Vinnie |
The problem with Isabella is that is the headphone jack is at the back. This is a big no-no to me as headphone listening is the centre of my music life.
I would like to have a headphone-centric version of Isabella with high / low impedance headphone jack on the front. And if the DAC + headphone amp can also accommodate even one analogue input and with the headphone jack in the front, this will be more appealing that the Isabella.
F. Lo