project86
Headphoneus Supremus
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Thanks for getting back to me about the W1000's! I think I'll give the LA-200 a go. Most likely, the DAC + headphone amp part of it is not going to be any worse than the DR.DAC2 (and probably better). As you mention in the review, there really aren't a lot of direct competitors to the LA-200, and a relatively compact USB DAC + headphone/speaker amp is exactly what I'm looking for.
No problem. Without having heard the DR. DAC2 myself, I suspect that you are correct - the LA-200 headphone section should at least be in the same league if not better. There really is a lot of though/engineering put into the headphone output.
And I remain very impressed with the unit powering speakers as well. It absolutely puts my beloved vintage McIntosh MAC1700 integrated to shame, even though the power rating is less than half.