glove_of_power
New Head-Fier
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I am looking to buy a a good-quality USB DAC which will also serve as a headphone amp for my main PC. I will also be using it to digitize recordings from my reel to reel.
Must haves:
-front volume control for headphones
-RCA outputs to go to my Marantz stereo amp/speakers
-RCA aux input that goes to the PC, not just the internal amp
-good quality DAC capable of 24bit/96kHz
Other features which would be nice:
-quality analog to digital conversion for my reel to reel
-tube amp (ideally 1 tube so I could have fun swapping them for a lower cost)
-independent power supply (not powered over USB)
-no output transformer
-a second volume knob which controls the volume of the RCA outputs to the stereo (my old Tascam US-144 had this and it's a nice feature although it seems super rare)
the headphones it will be driving are AKG M220 and Grado Labs SR225s, so nothing with very high impedance. Thank you for your advice!
Must haves:
-front volume control for headphones
-RCA outputs to go to my Marantz stereo amp/speakers
-RCA aux input that goes to the PC, not just the internal amp
-good quality DAC capable of 24bit/96kHz
Other features which would be nice:
-quality analog to digital conversion for my reel to reel
-tube amp (ideally 1 tube so I could have fun swapping them for a lower cost)
-independent power supply (not powered over USB)
-no output transformer
-a second volume knob which controls the volume of the RCA outputs to the stereo (my old Tascam US-144 had this and it's a nice feature although it seems super rare)
the headphones it will be driving are AKG M220 and Grado Labs SR225s, so nothing with very high impedance. Thank you for your advice!