Might be more of an interest for tapers. From the Core Sound (http://www.core-sound.com/news.php) website:
"Teaneck NJ, October 7 2005 – Core Sound, LLC, manufacturer of the PDAudio handheld, high-resolution digital audio recorder system and the world’s leading manufacturer of binaural microphone sets, today announced three new products at AES-2005 in New York City: 4Mic, HeadLine, and 2Phant."
"HeadLine is a handheld, portable, combined DAC and headphone amplifier, offering both headphone and Line-level outputs. Now you can listen to your digital audio sources in the field over headphones or speakers with high-end sound quality. Noise is down 135 dB. HeadLine also can add a live monitoring function to the Core Sound Mic2496 dual microphone pre-amp/A-D. Using only the finest components and powered by two nine-Volt batteries, it accepts digital audio data from coaxial and optical S/PDIF inputs, analog audio from Line-level inputs, and feeds its very high quality analog signal to headphone and Line-level outputs. It is expected to ship in November 2005 and will carry an MSRP of $350."
"Teaneck NJ, October 7 2005 – Core Sound, LLC, manufacturer of the PDAudio handheld, high-resolution digital audio recorder system and the world’s leading manufacturer of binaural microphone sets, today announced three new products at AES-2005 in New York City: 4Mic, HeadLine, and 2Phant."
"HeadLine is a handheld, portable, combined DAC and headphone amplifier, offering both headphone and Line-level outputs. Now you can listen to your digital audio sources in the field over headphones or speakers with high-end sound quality. Noise is down 135 dB. HeadLine also can add a live monitoring function to the Core Sound Mic2496 dual microphone pre-amp/A-D. Using only the finest components and powered by two nine-Volt batteries, it accepts digital audio data from coaxial and optical S/PDIF inputs, analog audio from Line-level inputs, and feeds its very high quality analog signal to headphone and Line-level outputs. It is expected to ship in November 2005 and will carry an MSRP of $350."





