drumlesstrance
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I’ve just bought a pair of headphones with quite low sensitivity. As a music producer, I primarily got them to check the low-end when producing and mixing, but also for enjoying music when I'm not making music. I’m trying to drive them from the headphone out of my audio interface (RME Babyface Pro original) but I’m finding that it doesn’t get loud enough. Thus, I’d like a standalone headphone amp to pair with it.
However, I have my interface linked up to everything already (studio monitors, ADAT expanders etc) and I don't really want to get a separate DAC. This is as, if I switch to the DAC drivers in the middle of production, I will lose all my mic / line inputs and won't be able to monitor my hardware synths live through the headphones. An alternative is something like ASIO4ALL to combine the interface and standalone DAC, but that will add tons of latency which is also not ideal.
Are there any downsides to daisy-chaining the headphone out of the interface through a RCA splitter to something like a JDS Atom? Will there be a degradation in sound quality doing it this way? Are there any other consequences that I should be wary of? I'm sure it will definitely work but I'm worried about introducing unnecessary noise or distortion, or worse yet, losing transparency in the audio out of my DAW.
And as an alternative question - what would be a better way of routing this whole setup while spending the least amount of money possible?
Thank you very much in advance!
However, I have my interface linked up to everything already (studio monitors, ADAT expanders etc) and I don't really want to get a separate DAC. This is as, if I switch to the DAC drivers in the middle of production, I will lose all my mic / line inputs and won't be able to monitor my hardware synths live through the headphones. An alternative is something like ASIO4ALL to combine the interface and standalone DAC, but that will add tons of latency which is also not ideal.
Are there any downsides to daisy-chaining the headphone out of the interface through a RCA splitter to something like a JDS Atom? Will there be a degradation in sound quality doing it this way? Are there any other consequences that I should be wary of? I'm sure it will definitely work but I'm worried about introducing unnecessary noise or distortion, or worse yet, losing transparency in the audio out of my DAW.
And as an alternative question - what would be a better way of routing this whole setup while spending the least amount of money possible?
Thank you very much in advance!