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These are pretty common with DAPs nowadays I wonder if the amp section is truly byoassed with these shared ports or they just provide a loud enough signal that can be considered as a lineout (but still went through the amp section). Apologies if this has been repeatedly discussed before but can't find any reliable info about it. Thanks!

 

[dconrad]

Probably depends on the device, but I would guess most just put the volume to 100% and call it a day. I do know, for instance, that the Fiio M3K definitely just maxes out the volume - it doesn't have any switching circuitry to bypass the amp.

 

[autoexec]

I am mainly curious if the FiiO M11 Plus lineout mode for both balanced / SE do not bypass the amp section.