cooperpwc
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It looks like they both have output impedance of 0.18 ohms so no difference there, equally acceptable for everything from low to high impedance headphones.
SPL is primarily a studio company, professional equipment mostly uses symmetric XLR connectors for various reasons. I still don't know whether the Phonitor 2 has a balanced circuit design or not, so the outputs might be pointless anyway.
thank you Plakat!
Do u mean there is acturally no difference between the two inputs?
For example, if my DAC has both balanced and unbalanced output, when connect to Mini/Pronitor 2, will there be different sound?
I ask this because I am considering buy RCA or XLR cable, you know that the cables are... expensive.
Once again: I can't swear on that, but so far I can't remember anyone saying that the Phonitor 2 does have a fully balanced design. I have to admit that I don't consider that too important anyway... the Phonitor 2 I own is a very capable amp, its little brother should be as well as it shares the core parts 1:1 as far as I know.
I still prefer XLR balanced cables (with myself coming from pro audio) as its the more robust connection (electronically as well as physically). But do not spend a fortune on cables... that won't get you anywhere. Stay within sane limits, get a cable of good quality (as can be had at professional equipment stores like Thomann in Europe) and you'll be well served. Absolute no need to spend more than 50-60,- on a pair.
You're welcome.
Compare to your hearts content, but don't let any differences in gain between RCA and XLR deceive you, i .e. The two variants may have differences in volume that might be problematic for a comparison. Norm levels are quite different as well, RCA uses 0dB, XLR comes at +4dB.
nice!
I ordered the Mini yesterday, now it should be on the way home
I preordered the Mini. Should be out my May/June
nice!
I ordered the Mini yesterday, now it should be on the way home
So stranger no one has done a direct comparison of the phonitor 2730 vs phonitor 2 1280 yet. Also from the specs, the original phonitor appears to have more grunt with high impedance headphone. Whereas the phonitor 2 offers more power to lower impedance headphones.
The Phonitor 2 output power seemed plenty when I briefly tried mine with an HE-6 during a meet last October. The owner auditioned the combo for a while and seemed very pleased with what he heard. He told me afterwards that he was now considering getting a Phonitor 2 as replacement for the vintage speaker amp normally used to power his HE-6.
My Yamaha is going nowhere
The idea was to use the Phonitor 2 as preamp so the crossfeed could work it's magic together with the power amp. Phonitor 2 could then act as headphone amp with my other headphones in the same setup.