[Musicman]

Last year I bought an Arcam Solo and the retailer threw in the accompanying iPod dock. I'm pleased with my purchase except the headphone facility. The sound quality is poor and to make matters worse, by default, when the headphone jack is used, the treble and bass controls are switched off, meaning you can not use to improve the sound.

The immediate solution would be to buy a headphone amp, but am I right in thinking good quality headphone amps use the tape loop for connection?

In addition, on the Solo, the tape-in has to be used to connect the iPod dock which I use frequently. You can use other spare phono inputs but you loose the functionality of using the Solo remote and display function to control the iPod - On the Solo, the tape-in has been designed to sycnchronize with iPod dock.

So want I am looking for is a high quality sound via headphones from music played through the Arcam Solo.

Any help, suggestions would be gratefully received.