Hi everyone,
TL;DR: I have a headphone setup which is a Musical Fidelity MX-DAC connected to a Lehmann Audio Black Cube Linear, for headphone listening and I want to also connect active monitors to it. Should I connect them directly to the DAC or to the headphone amp pre out?
I have recently started considering getting a pair of decent active monitors for my home work setup. I have been using headphones for about a year but since I now work from home, having them on all the time is starting to cause me some claustrophobia, and the speakers I currently have are some really cheap Logitech ones.I am still undecided on what to get, based on reviews here and the room of my office I am leaning towards the JBL 308P mkII or I might even go crazy and get the smallest active Genelec ones (if I can find the budget!).
In any case, my current gear includes a Musical Fidelity MX-DAC connected to a Lehmann Audio Black Cube Linear, for headphone listening. I connect the work computer to the DAC via USB and I also connect a TV I have via Optical. My question is, given the monitors I am looking at have no volume control, can I connect them directly to the DAC via the line out XLR connectors, or should I connect them to the pre out of the headphone amp so I can use the Lehmann audio as a preamp and control the volume through there?
Currently I have roon set up to treat the DAC as a fixed volume device, and when I listen to something coming from the laptop, not roon, I keep the volume at max.
If it's best to use the RCA pre outs from the Lehmann Audio, should I take any special care on what cables to buy, or any simple RCA to XLR should suffice?
Thanks!
TL;DR: I have a headphone setup which is a Musical Fidelity MX-DAC connected to a Lehmann Audio Black Cube Linear, for headphone listening and I want to also connect active monitors to it. Should I connect them directly to the DAC or to the headphone amp pre out?
I have recently started considering getting a pair of decent active monitors for my home work setup. I have been using headphones for about a year but since I now work from home, having them on all the time is starting to cause me some claustrophobia, and the speakers I currently have are some really cheap Logitech ones.I am still undecided on what to get, based on reviews here and the room of my office I am leaning towards the JBL 308P mkII or I might even go crazy and get the smallest active Genelec ones (if I can find the budget!).
In any case, my current gear includes a Musical Fidelity MX-DAC connected to a Lehmann Audio Black Cube Linear, for headphone listening. I connect the work computer to the DAC via USB and I also connect a TV I have via Optical. My question is, given the monitors I am looking at have no volume control, can I connect them directly to the DAC via the line out XLR connectors, or should I connect them to the pre out of the headphone amp so I can use the Lehmann audio as a preamp and control the volume through there?
Currently I have roon set up to treat the DAC as a fixed volume device, and when I listen to something coming from the laptop, not roon, I keep the volume at max.
If it's best to use the RCA pre outs from the Lehmann Audio, should I take any special care on what cables to buy, or any simple RCA to XLR should suffice?
Thanks!
