jamato8
Headphoneus Supremus
The line out is bypassing the amp section and comes from the dac chip. The volume is controlled digitally so even with that, the AMP is out of the loop. You are not double amping by using the line out.My understanding is that the spidf bypasses the amp and the dac but the amp line out is fully processed by the amp as well. No matter though, it still sends the audio to the external amp and works for me. Isn't the amp line out also volume controlled and it is analog signal?