Fancypants
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Thanks for this interesting discussion.
I was considering purchasing the KH150 or KH120 II for desktop PC music listening in my office. However, it's a bit of a bummer that my recently acquired ADI-2 DAC FS (which I use as my headphone AMP) will not garner any benefit to the audio chain, and would in fact add an superfluous double conversion (versus going straight from my PC to the monitors via SPDIF).
I really love the idea of having my ADI-2 DAC FS' volume knob, and the highly regarded DAC in play -- switching seamlessly between headphones and monitors. Also, don't love that all audio is resampled to 48hz.
So it sounds like going for an "all analogue" active monitor, like the Focal Shape 65 (or original KH120) would be a good option to avoid the in-monitor DSP and keep my DAC in play? Be open to other active monitor suggestions as well that would pair nicely with my RME.
I was considering purchasing the KH150 or KH120 II for desktop PC music listening in my office. However, it's a bit of a bummer that my recently acquired ADI-2 DAC FS (which I use as my headphone AMP) will not garner any benefit to the audio chain, and would in fact add an superfluous double conversion (versus going straight from my PC to the monitors via SPDIF).
I really love the idea of having my ADI-2 DAC FS' volume knob, and the highly regarded DAC in play -- switching seamlessly between headphones and monitors. Also, don't love that all audio is resampled to 48hz.
So it sounds like going for an "all analogue" active monitor, like the Focal Shape 65 (or original KH120) would be a good option to avoid the in-monitor DSP and keep my DAC in play? Be open to other active monitor suggestions as well that would pair nicely with my RME.