[Mark Monroe]

I have a situation and am hoping that you guys can offer some opinions.

I currently have an MG Head and use it with a Carver SD/A 490t CD player and XM Radio at times too. I use my HD600's about 50% of the time and the other 50% I will use some small Infinity bookshelf speakers with a powered sub below my desk.

The amp/crossover/sub are Creative Labs Microworks units and while they sound fairly good I would like to upgrade.

What I would REALLY like to do is come up with nice tube amp from Divertech that will run the headphones and the bookshelf speakers at the same time in one integrated unit.

Tash explains that they have the UCH-Signature and their Reference Tools transformers to take full line out on an amp and use it with headphones. Any of you guys use these units? Any thoughts on what they are going to do to the sound?

How would something like an AQ1005 with the transformer sound compared to an MG Head or Twin Head without the transformer?

Any thoughts or ideas on how I might accomplish things would be appreciated.

Thanks,

Mark

 

[bootman]

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Originally posted by Mark Monroe Tash explains that they have the UCH-Signature and their Reference Tools transformers to take full line out on an amp and use it with headphones. Any of you guys use these units? Any thoughts on what they are going to do to the sound? Mark

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[millerdog]

Fisher integrated or reciever. I went this way for the exact reason you are. Desk HP amp with ability to drive speakers too. The fisher has a center channel out for a sub.
md

 

[Dusty Chalk]

First of all, you say "and". You don't need both -- either one or the other.

I have the the UHC Signature and the Reference Tools. The Reference Tools are not for all applications. Look at it -- it's basically an unpowered headphone amp. So the power has to be coming from your Pre (or source). It works very well with my Musical Fidelity A3^CR Pre, but I have a feeling it would not work with everything. I have been using it a lot lately, and have been very happy with it.

The UHC Signature, however, is an entirely different beast. I've been using it a lot lately with my AT W2002, and Musical Fidelity A3^CR Pre/Power combo. It is superb. I'm not even missing my RKV right now, it is that good. Don't get me wrong, I'll go back to the RKV once I stop living in a temporary situation (I'm currently homeless [yes, Head-Fi will do that to you {just kidding}]), but it's really nice having that as an alternative, and a space-saving one at that.