I'm in need of some help with adding to my desktop music set-up.
5k iMac -- USB -- Schiit Modi 2 DAC -- RCA -- Schiit SYS Pre -- RCA -- Audioengine A5+.
All is well with the above set-up.
I have some Beyerdynamic DT 880 Pro's collecting dust, and might as well use them. I'm interested in adding a Schiit Magni 2 headphone amp to the above chain.
I'm not a full time headphone user - maybe 50/50 split. I'm not in need of the Magni 2 to bi-pass/power the A5+ speakers. I'd simply like to have the ability to plug my headphones into the Magni 2 and have it power them when needed, but when not using the headphones, the system remains unchanged from the above (A5+ amp powers its speakers for non-headphone listening).
The Magni 2 has 1 set of RCAs. Could I run the Magni 2 via RCA into the SYS Pre's remaining set of unused RCA inputs? Would that allow me to use the Magni 2 to run the headphones and not affect the rest of the system when headphones aren't in use?
Or would it be more complicated than that? I asked Schiit, but they were steering me down the path of using an RCA Y cable, and mentioned it would somehow connect the Magni 2 to the Modi 2 and SYS. But it seems to me that perhaps that would be the set-up for having the Magni 2 powering the entire system, including speakers - which I want to avoid.
Any help that could be provided would be greatly appreciated.
I'm in need of some help with adding to my desktop music set-up.
5k iMac -- USB -- Schiit Modi 2 DAC -- RCA -- Schiit SYS Pre -- RCA -- Audioengine A5+.
All is well with the above set-up.
I have some Beyerdynamic DT 880 Pro's collecting dust, and might as well use them. I'm interested in adding a Schiit Magni 2 headphone amp to the above chain.
I'm not a full time headphone user - maybe 50/50 split. I'm not in need of the Magni 2 to bi-pass/power the A5+ speakers. I'd simply like to have the ability to plug my headphones into the Magni 2 and have it power them when needed, but when not using the headphones, the system remains unchanged from the above (A5+ amp powers its speakers for non-headphone listening).
The Magni 2 has 1 set of RCAs. Could I run the Magni 2 via RCA into the SYS Pre's remaining set of unused RCA inputs? Would that allow me to use the Magni 2 to run the headphones and not affect the rest of the system when headphones aren't in use?
Or would it be more complicated than that? I asked Schiit, but they were steering me down the path of using an RCA Y cable, and mentioned it would somehow connect the Magni 2 to the Modi 2 and SYS. But it seems to me that perhaps that would be the set-up for having the Magni 2 powering the entire system, including speakers - which I want to avoid.
Any help that could be provided would be greatly appreciated.