Headphone amp as preamp?

thetawave2

I recently bought a HiFiMan EF2A headphone amp/dac. The amplifier uses a pair of 6AK5 tubes. I was wondering if it would be appropriate to use this headphone amp with a headphone to RCA cord with my amplifier, so I could use the DAC in my full stereo. The amp is a Yaqin MC-100B integrated tube amplifier, that has inputs on the front (labeled .6V) that allow you to bypass the preamp stage.

heiney9

That would be a less than ideal way to connect it, so I'd say no. Get a unit with a true line level output.

That's why when I gave you this suggestion in your thread looking for a head/amp dac. This one actually would do all 3, that's one of the reasons it cost a little more

http://www.acoustic-fun.com/catalog/product_info.php?cPath=21&products_id=32

H9

thetawave2

heiney9 wrote: »

That would be a less than ideal way to connect it, so I'd say no. Get a unit with a true line level output.

That's why when I gave you this suggestion in your thread looking for a head/amp dac. This one actually would do all 3, that's one of the reasons it cost a little more

H9

The amp you suggested looked very nice, but at this time it just didn't really fit in my budget. Someday fairly soon I'm sure I'll get a serious DAC.
I know the connection I'm wondering about might not be the best way to do it, but it would be for relatively casual listening, mostly just to put on a playlist so I don't have to change out CDs when hanging out with friends. I know it might not be the best way to do it, but so long as it isn't harmful to any of my equipment, I'd like to give it a shot until I can do it the way it was meant to be, with real line-level outputs.