Using a home theater receiver as an amp/dac?

Many of us use our receivers as headphone amps.  I use mine from time to time.  They are a lot better than many would think.  The bottom line is if you enjoy the sound coming out of it.  I use my receiver when watching tv, movies, or playing audio DVDs through my universal player.  It sounds good enough.  I like the sound of my other dedicated headphone amps more, so they get the majority of the play time, but my receiver is pretty good.  I'm sure yours is, too.

I think hodgjy is definitely right as far as liking what you hear out of whatever amp/dac you choose.  But with that said, I know the critique most people have of receiver headphone jacks is that most of the time, they're just stepped down versions of the main speaker amp outputs.  As in, the manufacturer just routes that main amp power through a bunch of resistors to get the signal down to a hp-friendly level and that's not ideal for all cans. 

Just throwing my 2 pennies of hearsay in. 

Pardon the hyjack, but I am also in the same position.  I have an "old" Acurus ACT-3 pre/pro that does NOT have a headphone port.  As IrishSammy indicated, that even if it did, it wouldn't be an optimium solution.  I need the the pre/pro as a DAQ for my computer and DVD player and an analog switch for my FM tuner.  So if I purchase a headphone amp (something like the LittleDot MkIII) that has volume control, i'll have 2 volume controls in the system to my headphones.  Of the several posts i have read, this is not a very good solution.  So what do i do?

Thanks....

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Originally Posted by DrPyro2k 

Pardon the hyjack, but I am also in the same position.  I have an "old" Acurus ACT-3 pre/pro that does NOT have a headphone port.  As IrishSammy indicated, that even if it did, it wouldn't be an optimium solution.  I need the the pre/pro as a DAQ for my computer and DVD player and an analog switch for my FM tuner.  So if I purchase a headphone amp (something like the LittleDot MkIII) that has volume control, i'll have 2 volume controls in the system to my headphones.  Of the several posts i have read, this is not a very good solution.  So what do i do?

 

Thanks....

 

Does the Acurus have a preamp out?  If so, that would be where you would plug the LD in.  The preamp outs aren't on the main volume control so you wouldn't have to worry about having 2 in your setup. 

If it doesn't have preamp outs, there's not much you can do. 

If there is a tape loop, you can feed the tape out into a dedicated headphone amp, and you'll be golden.
 

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Originally Posted by irishsammy 

Does the Acurus have a preamp out?  If so, that would be where you would plug the LD in.  The preamp outs aren't on the main volume control so you wouldn't have to worry about having 2 in your setup. 

 

If it doesn't have preamp outs, there's not much you can do. 

 

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Originally Posted by DrPyro2k 

Pardon the hyjack, but I am also in the same position.  I have an "old" Acurus ACT-3 pre/pro that does NOT have a headphone port.  As IrishSammy indicated, that even if it did, it wouldn't be an optimium solution.  I need the the pre/pro as a DAQ for my computer and DVD player and an analog switch for my FM tuner.  So if I purchase a headphone amp (something like the LittleDot MkIII) that has volume control, i'll have 2 volume controls in the system to my headphones.  Of the several posts i have read, this is not a very good solution.  So what do i do?

 

Thanks....