Headphone amplifier with miniDSP Flex?

[bkdc]

I’m sold on the MiniDSP Flex but I’d also like to connect a headphone amp to the analog device. I can see the nuisance of having to adjust the DSP settings with a headphone amplifier, but has anyone on this forum made this pair work?

 

[Timcognito]

SHD Studio

All-digital Roon Ready network player with Dirac Live® room correction, miniDSP audio toolbox for subwoofer integration and multiway speakers, Volumio music player, headphone output, 450MHz Sharc DSP processor

www.minidsp.com

 

[Jimbob54]

I’m sold on the MiniDSP Flex but I’d also like to connect a headphone amp to the analog device. I can see the nuisance of having to adjust the DSP settings with a headphone amplifier, but has anyone on this forum made this pair work?

Looks like it has 4 presets. So one for your room and up to 3 headphones?

Or have I missed the point somewhere?

 

[anotherhobby]

The regular Flex only has 4 outputs. If you run mains with no subs then you would have 2 outputs you can use for the headphone amp. However, if you are using 1 or more subs, you won't have enough outputs, and then would need the Flex 8 instead. If it were me, I'd just get the Flex 8 even if I didn't have subs, just so I could add them in the future. Also, as Jimbob54 said, there are 4 config presets on the Flex, so switching configs (DSP and routing) is a piece of cake.

EDIT: I've updated how I use headphones with my Flex, and this works great without needing the extra outputs of the Flex 8: https://www.audiosciencereview.com/...idsp-flex-review-audio-dsp.30804/post-1891336