OstrichAndCobraWine
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In the dog house with the wife as my listening levels have gradually crept up to levels which are beginning to get under her skin. If it's beginning to niggle her I fear it'll only be a matter of time before I've baited our very lovely neighbours into knocking on the door, which I really want to avoid.
My current set up is Exposure 2010S2 CD player => BTE passive pre-amp => Quad Elite QSP power amp => PMC Twenty 21 speakers + BK Sub.
I also have a Yamaha WXC-50 being used as a streamer only into this system.
No real clue as to whether I can incorporate headphone listening into this set up.
Could I (for example) connect a headphone amp into the optical output of the CD player? This is the only connection that's free as the analogue output is feeding into the passive pre-amp for my normal listening. It's only CD's I'd want to listen to via headphones so not concerned about connection to the streamer.
Also, any suggestions as to what bits of hardware I should be looking at for my budget?
As usual 'cheers' in advance for any pointers.
My current set up is Exposure 2010S2 CD player => BTE passive pre-amp => Quad Elite QSP power amp => PMC Twenty 21 speakers + BK Sub.
I also have a Yamaha WXC-50 being used as a streamer only into this system.
No real clue as to whether I can incorporate headphone listening into this set up.
Could I (for example) connect a headphone amp into the optical output of the CD player? This is the only connection that's free as the analogue output is feeding into the passive pre-amp for my normal listening. It's only CD's I'd want to listen to via headphones so not concerned about connection to the streamer.
Also, any suggestions as to what bits of hardware I should be looking at for my budget?
As usual 'cheers' in advance for any pointers.