Good morning all,
Hope you can help me out. I am looking to add a headphone amp to my system. Most likely the MF x-can v3. My source is a Music Hall 25.2 cd player with HD650 cans. My question is since the cd player is the only source for my system, can I integrate the headphone amp into my main system without degrading the sound when not using the headphones? Or, to get the best performance either way, am I going to have to re cable the cd player back and forth between the preamp and headpgone amp depending on if I'm using the phones or not? Hope this makes sense.

The Audio Intelligent Vinyl Solutions LP winner for June/July is Larry Bates. Larry has been notified of being the winner and will receive his LP

Hola,

Been listening to the new Spoon disc, "Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga," which is kinda like the previous Spoon disc, "Gimme Fiction" (which I loved.)

The new disc is a little "Spoon Meets Fountains Of Wayne," but the first song continues a certain thing I think Spoon does, which is keep a certain je ne sais que from disc to disc on track one.

Spoon is good at song hooks that make you think that "something is about to happen," in a non-musical sort of way. They can time their guitar and piano to make you wonder if your door is about to be kicked in by the feds.

How can you tell if equipment has "fully balanced circuitry" as opposed to "just" XLR outputs? I'd like to know if NAD's M5 is fully balanced. (It has XLR outputs). Also, can anyone comment--based on experience or word of mouth--on the NAD player? Thanks.

I am looking for a fully balanced SACD player for under $2,000.