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Amp with RCA and XLR Inputs PLUS a switch to Select

I have my systems setup great now and looking to add one more amp. I have some spare parts that could be used nicely if I had one more amp. I am now looking for an amp that supports both RCA and XLR inputs and also has a switch on the back of the amp to select 1 of the 2 input types. I also need the amp to not degrade in sound if XLR and RCA is connected at the same time, but only 1 is used at a time.

Bryston has this feature, the CODA #16 has this feature. I am looking for some more options. This amp ideally will be not too large and have a minimum of 100 watt.

Here is another amp with this feature. I sold this last year (maybe I should have kept it). M3a-800S Stereo Amplifier | D Sonic (d-sonic.com)

Even n though the Parasound A21+ has a switch they say not to hookup XLR and RCA at the same time. I sold the A21+ a few months ago.

The 2 preamps I want to connect to this new amp (at the same time with only 1 preamp turned on) are the CODA 07x using XLR and the Schitt Freya+ connected by RCA. 

The ideal amp would not be too big, have some warmth, have a lot of power, and be sufficiently different sonically from the Benchmark AHB2. The AHB2 is my main amp in this headphone system that I am looking to expand with a 2nd amp.

yyzsantabarbara
yyzsantabarbara OP
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I was looking at the AGD since I liked the GAN tech, I owned the LSA Voyager 350 GAN a few months ago. The Voyager is not ’sufficiently’ different sonically from the AHB2 so I am not considering it. I forgot if it had a switch. I do not know too much about the Tempo.

I am also considering the Atma-sphere Class D but that does not have the switch I was thinking about. Though that amp maybe perfect (minus switch) sonically for what I want.

The Bryston maybe a bit too hard on the bright headphones I will be connecting to the amp. I am trying to get a home demo of a 3B3 or 4B3.

 

 

koestner
675 posts
 

Look into the Modwright KWA 100 SE. it has that switch.

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russ69
3,527 posts
 

Two preamps and two amps? Headphone system? What are you doing? I'm totally confused. 

yyzsantabarbara OP
4,937 posts
 

I will post a few photos later tonight to update my Thiel speaker and RAAL SR1a headphone system in my office. It is sounding incredible at the moment. However, I have the opportunity to use some system resources that are now just sitting idle to give my 1 more headphone listening option. That is where the questions on the amp are coming from. The AGD Tempo maybe what I was looking for. I sent Alberto an email with my questions.

BTW - The headphone part of this system sounds much closer to 2-channel than almost every other headphone out there. I also work very late at night, so the headphones are used daily.

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imhififan
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Check out Accuphase power amp, you can connect both XLR and RCA at the same time, good thing is the input selector switch is on the front panel!

Bad news is their amp are big and heavy. 

 

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