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Nice, high praise, especially since you have tried well regarded DAC's before.
Unfortunately, no way to isolate the headphone amplifier. It only has digital inputs which have to go through the internal DAC for the amplifier to use.
[size=12pt] Hi Larry,[/size]
You are spot on again...this time the Centrance M8. I received my M8 LX (optical-in). I finally found the perfect (small footprint, unwieldy, compact) DAC + Headphone amplifier for my Sonos/LCD3 headphone rig.
Michael is true to his words that the M8's DAC and amplifier are good enough that i will not consider replacing any of them.
I did not miss my Eximus DP1 & Mytek DSD & NAD M51 and will be putting up my CLAS -db (no optical in) for sale soon. Partly i do not require the additional inputs/outputs that could add clutter to my desk and cherish small footprint more. The choice gets easier especially when the pre-order M8 LX is just 1/3 the price of CLAS + Rx MK3b.
I read that i could use just the DAC for the M8 LX. But is there anyway i could use just the headphone amplifier and not the DAC for the M8 LX? If not, i will be keeping Rx MK3b solely for my Korg DSD.
Nice, high praise, especially since you have tried well regarded DAC's before.
Unfortunately, no way to isolate the headphone amplifier. It only has digital inputs which have to go through the internal DAC for the amplifier to use.