Use H120 w/headphone amp w/o volume control?

[michael.conner]

I was looking at some CMOY headphone amps on Ebay today and came across a couple that were relatively cheap, presumably because they lack a volume control:

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&ssPageName=ADME:B:EOIBUAA:US:11&Item=170066007221

The seller says in the description: "Gain is set at 20, use volume on MP3 player."  As the H120's line out is variable, this seems like a good match.  

My question, though, is whether there'd be any difference in sound quality by using the line output from the H120 at a lower level than 0dB in Rockbox to feed the amp.  Any ideas?

[wafflesomd]

Look up

Little Dot Micro.

It's a much better amp.  Then f you wanted more, you could always check out Ray Samuels Audio, Shellbrook, or Prelude Audio.

[scorche]

There are many other choices for amps as well.  The CMOY is mainly just an amp for people who do not want to pay much at all and/or to give them experience with and provide an intro into DIY audio.

I suggest that you go over to http://www.head-fi.org/forums/index.php and start reading.

[bk]

The PA2V2 is a nice little amp that's reasonably priced. Do an ebay search.

[michael.conner]

Thanks for all the advice, folks!