Bartok, with and without headphones, vs the Network Bridge

[PAR (Pete)]

@Merlot52

Does this mean that if one chooses the non Headphone version, it doesn’t come with a Headphone output socket?

Beaten to it by some excellent responses from our friends here.

If you look at this thread there are some photos of the interior and you can see that the DAC is the same for both versions with the headphone section being an additional power supply and circuitry:

Is this the headphone preamp (photo included) in the Bartók?

This photo is of the headphone variety. The headphone variety of the Bartók has this dedicated transformer (front at the bottom): [Bartok-Hdac] From this side shot (left side) you see the blue, yellow and white power leads leave from the dedicated transformer towards the front board you indicated: [Bartok-Hdac2] This internal shot is from a Bartók without headphone amp (front at the top). The above transformer and the front board are not there: [Bartok-dac.3jpg]