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Author Topic: headphone amp connected sa headphone out ng pc- is it possible?  (Read 954 times)

Offline smarty

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is it ok to  connect a 4-channel headphone amp sa headphone out ng pc? ayaw kasi ngayun gumana ng headphone out ng mixer na gamit ko.

sayang kasi kung bibili na ako ng headhone amp sa ngayun kung wala naman akong pagkakabitan.

thanks

Offline KitC

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Re: headphone amp connected sa headphone out ng pc- is it possible?
« Reply #1 on: May 23, 2007, 03:31:12 PM »
If the pc card headphone amp is amplified, watch out for levels! Some soundcards like the old blasters had specific headphone outputs that passed thru their own headphone amplifier. This was meant to power small headphones and unpowered computer speakers. Since headphone amps require line level signals, you could easily overdrive their inputs by using the card's headphone output. I suggest using line level outputs or the control room outs on your mixer. You can even use the mixer's aux outs if monitoring in mono when using headphones isn't an issue.
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