Hi all. I could do with help and advice please. I have a Zen Sarah which is totally amazing. I am looking for a headphone solution and am back on the waiting list for Taboo IV. I started looking at Mini Torri II which is similar in some ways to Taboo and has some things I really like, dual mono config, VR tubes etc, separate volumes controls etc. This got me thinking could I use Mini Torri to solve my headphone problem and provide with a second amp for another system? I know both amps can do this the question is more about their strengths and weakness in both scenarios, driving speakers and headphones. If anyone has these amps and could share some of their thoughts it would be appreciated.

I have a Mini-Torii and used to use it for headphones. It is good, but not great with ZMF Atticus headphones. I acquired a CSP3 preamp and now use that with the headphones - SO much better sounding to me. I have not tried the Taboo. I use the CSP3 as a preamp for the Mini-Torii and it makes the amp so much better too.

Love the Mini-Torii with speakers - so easy to change the sound with so many tubes, but for me, not as strong a headphone amp. I don't know what headphones you use, but ZMF has a custom version of the CSP3 for sale that is a better version of the CSP3. And ZMF had a few in stock last I checked.