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Headphone amp below $75?

Illtrick

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I need some help finding a headphone amp for a movie watching setup. My wife and I have different volume preference and use different headphones so I need to get 2 amps to allow us to have independent control. Since I'm getting 2 I'm a bit bound by price. I've got a L30 for my desktop setup and love it but two of them are $300 which is waay too much money for how frequently we watch movies.

Here's the must haves:
  • single ended output ~> 500mW at <32ohms
  • nice / easy to use volume knob
  • single source input

Here's the nice to haves:
  • rca input over 3.5mm
  • single ended output ~>1W at <32ohms
  • gain setting
  • line out / pass through (opposed to a selectable or mutable pre-out)

Here's the don't wants:
  • bright led's
  • balanced I/O,
  • dac
  • battery
  • bluetooth
 
From battery powered portable one's which could do take a look at Topping NX3S if you still can find those and price is right even you said you don't want batteries.
 
Closing thread. Solution was buy 2x L30's used for $75 each.
 
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