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Which headphone amplifier with balanced input?

Glad there is this forum. I am going to own a Meridian 508.24 CD player soon. I have noticed it's balanced output and would like to take advantage of them. In the emantime I would like to purchase a headphone amplifier ($150-450) but have really no clue which one is a great value for the money with balanced inputs. But maybe I should settle for unbalanced since reviews of headroom of Creek amplifiers have been raving reviews.

Vincent
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subaruguru
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I just run my HD600s right off the RCAs of my EMC-1 SE! Seems the output is just right, although a bit loud on pop stuff. OTOH I rarely listen to the cans...mostly for discriminating PC changes rather than music listening, but I wonder how the Meridian drives your cans directly?
The EMC-1 has 2.4v out RCA, and of course more balanced, the HD600 600 ohm input impedence.
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