Earlier this year I purchased an Orchard Audio Pecan Pi+ to replace my Mini I Pro 3. I used the Mini I Pro 3 as a Roon Endpoint connected to an integrated amp with XLR cables and as a headphone amp. The Pecan Pi+ trounces the Mini I Pro 3 Pro in sound quality, most likely due to the AKM DAC.
The Mini I 3 has been for sale here for a while with no bites. I decided to try out the MIni I Pro 3 as a headphone amp only, plugging the RCA outputs on the Pecan Pi+ into the RCA inputs of the Mini I Pro 3. The results have been impressive. There is no need to buy a new headphone amp. Iām going remove the Mini I Pro 3 from the For Sale Forum.