Rotel RA1570 connect headphone amp

[tassiepete]

Hello,

I have a Rotel RA1570 integrated and am about to start my journey into headphones. A pair of Sen HD6XX are on the way. While the RA1570 has a 3.5mm headphone output, I can't find any details about its power output. I expect that the HD6XX will sound a little so-so out of it (maybe).

 

I am pretty sure I'm going to get an external head phone amp, something like a Schiit Lyr+ which has RCA in/out connectivity. But, I'm not 100% sure how to connect it. the RA1570 as two sets of preouts. the first is a standard stereo pair, while the second is a links out into the amp mains in. The manual specifies that both of these are variable outputs controlled by the volume control (and tone controls etc).

 

How should I control the headphone amp volume? Can the RA1570 preout be changed to fixed? Or, do I need to set the volume on the RA1570 to something like 20, and then use the volume control on the Lyr+ to control headphone volume?

 

Cheers

 

 

 

[Darryl]

I'd say just use the standard pre outs as there is no tape output on that Rotel model.

You'll have 2 volume controls as you mention so experiment and see what sounds best.

You can fix the volume for a specific input via the menu but if you're switching between headphones and speakers a lot it's probably not worth doing that.

 

[tassiepete]

Thanks for the advice, that was pretty much the conclusion that I came to, bit wanted to be sure that I wasn't missing something easier

Thanks again