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Cheap (but good) Phono Switch or DAC

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Bigbobby666

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Hi,

Recently i have bought a great little headphone amp the NJC Monitor 2, its an early version so doesn't have the analogue out option that the current model does. Now, as i use a DAC as my preamp (Musical Fidelity M1SDAC) i only get 1 analogue out from it, this goes to my power amp; so it means that if i want to use the headphone amp i need to take the phonos out of the power amp and put them into the headphone amp - not practical!

So i was wondering does anyone know of a high quality but cheap phono switch?

Or the other alternative is: i have digital outs on the DAC spare, so is there a cheap digital (optical/coaxial) to analogue convertor that i could use.

With either of the options SQ is of upmost importance.

Cheers
Rob.
 
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/QED-2-way-Tape-Switching-Unit-/161216393537

QED have made various things like this over the years, no direct experience, but QED are pretty reputable. I'd pick up a unit like this on eBay for (I imagine) not very much, open it up spray a bit of contact cleaner in the switches and flick them on and off a few dozen times as oxidation or gunk on the contacts is pretty much the only thing that can go wrong with something like this.
 
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That one has a monitoring switch which is all you need, just ignore the record bits, though TBH they're just multipole switches, the 'direction' isn't really relevant so far as I can see.
 
Bigbobby666 said:
Hi,

Recently i have bought a great little headphone amp the NJC Monitor 2, its an early version so doesn't have the analogue out option that the current model does. Now, as i use a DAC as my preamp (Musical Fidelity M1SDAC) i only get 1 analogue out from it, this goes to my power amp; so it means that if i want to use the headphone amp i need to take the phonos out of the power amp and put them into the headphone amp - not practical!

So i was wondering does anyone know of a high quality but cheap phono switch?
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Depends what you mean by cheap, I had a similar requirement as I use my MDAC as a digital pre-amp, but I also want to use my analogue pre for my TT and AV sources...I got one of these for about £70, and it works very well, allowing me to switch between digital and analogue pre's into my power amps...

http://www.homehifi.co.uk/products/7240.html
 
Bigbobby666 said:
Just saw this. Looks good! May solve my issue!

Thanks for the tip.
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Works well, also gives you an additional micro jack input...should you need it

My only small quibble...it would have been nice to have both A & B outputs available, in order to bi-amp in parallel, instead I have to 'daisy chain' from one (A or B) output...;)
 
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