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GunsOfBrixton
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Jul 24, 2018
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Can you say a bit more about how you have it connected? Only thing I can think of based on the description, besides a faulty amp is if you connected it to the headphone output of the receiver instead of a line level output. Amping an already amped output can cause some crazy distortion.
Jul 24, 2018
c0rnelius
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Jul 25, 2018
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GunsOfBrixtonIt is connected to the headphone output of the receiver. I will try the line level output and see! I am also wondering if I should get a dedicated preamp and bypass the receiver all together?
Jul 25, 2018
GunsOfBrixton
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Jul 25, 2018
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c0rneliusI don't know that you get much value out of a preamp. I don't know anything about your receiver, but Yamaha generally makes good stuff, so I'd be surprised if you didn't get a clean signal out of the line out (or zone 2, which is what I do for my wireless theater headphones).
Jul 25, 2018
VRacer111
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Aug 16, 2018
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c0rneliusThat right there is your issue... don't connect the headphone amp to the headphone out on the receiver. Receivers have RCA analog outs, which is what should be used instead. The 'easiest' way to fully integrate a headphone amp into a HT/Stereo receiver system would be to connect it to the pre-outs for the L/R channel and use a switch to choose between headphone amp and speaker amp. This requires you to have a receiver with preamp outs and use separate amps for your speakers though, which you don't.
The other way is get a DAC that will accept inputs of the all the gear you want to listen to, assuming you have digital outputs on the gear which are not currently being used - coax, optical, BNC, or I2S connections. Analog inputs in a DAC are not very common at all (because DAC...) Here's one with phono and analog inputs though, and amp/headphone jack included:
https://www.crutchfield.com/p_252MAIAPRS/Pro-Ject-MaiA-Pre-Silver.html?tp=75886
Aug 16, 2018
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