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Headphoneus Supremus
I've tried both I like xlr from my dac to amp it makes a big difference in sq that I can hear as soon as the amp is on ..enjoy
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Understandable. To be fair, I omitted from my last post that my HE560's are run balanced and sound fantastic through the LCX and NFB-1. I simply haven't gotten around to sorting out a <$200CAD balanced cable for my aeons yet.thebkt, thanks for the comments. glad you like it. And for everyone else's comments posted about the LCX.
I notice in your pic that you are using the SE out. Not sure if you are only listening from SE, but I'd like to make a general comment for everyone who has the LCX and may only be listening from the SE out.
As you all have read in other discussions the power output from the SE is 1/4 the power from the Bal. Or to reverse the math the Bal delivers 4X the power of the SE. In general, the LCX will perform better in fully balanced mode since this is its native operating mode.
I would offer the suggestion that before anyone settles on the the sound signature of the LCX be sure to listen from the Bal output first. I think you will find a noticeable difference.
^^^Out of curiosity...Are you guys using the balanced/XLR input or the SE/RCA input?
-Mark in St. Louis
I'm using the XLR/balanced input to the LCX because my DAC (Grace m920) provides it. If it did not, I would have no qualms about using the SE input. But as mentioned above, for this amp, one should really go out of one's way to use the balanced output.
Will my headphones still benefit from xlr out if im only using rca input?
Thank you for your help and quick reply.Yes. The type of input and type of output are not related.
If your headphones are in the xlr then either input generates the full balanced behavior of the amp.
Likewise, if the headphones are in the TRS jack, either input will give you the less powerful SE output from the amp.
Both outputs are active all of the time regardless of which input is selected.
Will my headphones still benefit from xlr out if im only using rca input?