How are you currently controlling volume? I'm guessing through your computer's sound card or your music playback software, but please clarify. If that't the case, use the DACs RCA or XLR output to drive a headphone amp, which typically has a volume control. The software based volume controls in the computer typically cause a loss of resolution if you lower the volume more than a few dB, so that is not an optimal solution. Which headphone amp is dependent on your budget and what kind of headphones you are using. If your two channel rotel actually is an integrated amp w a headphone jack, take the DAC's output to any rotel input and then plug into headphone jack. There are converts that will allow a conventional power amplifier to drive headphones, but they cost about the same as a moderate quality headphone amp, many of which are battery operated and can be with your streaming device and headphones on the go.
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