RE: [MLUG - DISCUSSION] Headphone/Speaker switcher

["Spurling, Shannon" <EMAIL:PROTECTED>]

I'm not so sure about that. Your milage could vary... a lot!
I tried splitters, switches, the "boost-a-roo" (small amplifier), and got totaly crappy sound out of them all. The problem stems from the line out not being designed to source enough power to drive any thing more than an external amplifier. The reason your milage might vary is you might have enough power to drive an amplifier or a set of speakers, but not both. In that case, you would need a switch. You might not have a decent preamp, which would mean that it could drive your amplified speakers but not your unamplified headphones. In that case you would need a switch and a small amplifier. 
Believe me, I went through this and ended up buying a better sound card because of it. I think the best solution is to buy new speakers. There are some pretty good desktop speakers with headphone jacks on the right side of the audio amplifier to give you decent sound. They aren't typicly those cool bose'ish three or 5 piece speaker sets, but they put out decent sound and only cost around $20 to $40. 

Shannon Spurling
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-----Original Message-----
From: F Vernon Green [mailto:EMAIL:PROTECTED]
Sent: Tuesday, August 13, 2002 11:45 PM
To: EMAIL:PROTECTED
Subject: RE: [MLUG - DISCUSSION] Headphone/Speaker switcher


Just use a splitter, they are cheap and really do not affect the sound
at all. When you want to use your headphones, just turn the speakers
off. 

-----Original Message-----
From: EMAIL:PROTECTED
[mailto:EMAIL:PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Matt Ross
Sent: Tuesday, August 13, 2002 9:05 PM
To: EMAIL:PROTECTED
Subject: RE: [MLUG - DISCUSSION] Headphone/Speaker switcher

I don't know about their .com, but their physical stores have it.  Both
the
switch and the splitter.  Look on the pegs towards the back of the store
with the other audio and video equipment.

> As there is only one port on my sound card that must be shared between
my
> speakers and my headphones, I was wondering if there was something
that
> the headphone and the speakers could both plug into and then that
would
> plug into the computer. And it would have a switch to change back and
> forth. I looked around at radioshack.com today but couldn't find what
I
> was looking for. Is there someplace I could get this? Or is there some
> other solution to my problem of having to fiddle with cords on the
back of
> my computer to switch from headphone to speakers and back? Cheap?
>
> I've seen speakers with head phone jacks, but I don't have those. Is
there
> someway I could pump sound from my soundcard through the headphone
jack on
> my DVD drive?
>
> Thanks,
> Ian Monroe
> http://www.monroe.nu
>
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