Quote: Originally Posted by edwardsean I think most people here will prefer an offering by RSA, Xin, Meier, etc. It is not glamorous, it is neutral to the point of being a little tasteless. You understand it's designed to be. The headphone out is designed for recording musicians to...

Quote: Originally Posted by jp11801 this required a trip to radio shack and the purchase of 1/4 monoto rca convertor plugs. At som point I am going to reterm my rca to 1/4 mono to skip this Was this in order to output your duet to your head amp?

Quote: Originally Posted by saint.panda The Duet's uses the same converters as the multi-channel Ensemble, but the verdict on gearslutz.com seems to be that the Mini-Dac still has the slightly better d/a section. Some, however, claim that the Ensemble's d/a is just under the Rosetta...

Quote: Originally Posted by Jaska If planning to use one of the two devices in question exclusively as a DAC, I would think the Duet is clearly the way to go. Can the Pico even be used as a DAC to feed a headamp? I didn't know it had a line out (just a headphone jack) or RCA outputs...

Quote: Originally Posted by grawk So I've spent some time with both, with my hhf1s and hd600s. Both are amazing for what they are. I'm using the duet to feed my m3, and have it set up for mute to toggle between the line outs and the headphone jack. I don't feel comfortable with the...

Quote: Originally Posted by grawk I'm saying that without a doubt, no question in my mind, the amp in the duet sounds better. I've read several "implications" in various Pico threads that the amp section of the Pico, though good, is not it's strong point. How would you say the...

Thank you very much for your advice. Much appreciated.

Quote: Originally Posted by grawk I've got both the pico and the duet right now, and I can tell you, both are miles better than the built in sound. I could stick with either as my primary source and be plenty happy. The duet is more flexible, the pico is a LOT more compact, and can act...

I hope I'm placing this thread in the right forum. I have recently switched to a MacBook Pro from Windows and I am very impressed with the superior sound I am getting from my current simple set up. My source is LAME INSANE encoded MP3s played through iTunes 7.6 directly out to my Grado RS-1s...