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 Jun 8 2006, 07:56 PM
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hey guys and gals,
Creative Zen Vision M has a line out port/function so i can bypass internal amp? I was wondering if anyone tried to hook a portable amp to the player, if so is the lineout signal too strong/loud etc? |
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Jun 8 2006, 10:41 PM
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QUOTE(johnliew @ Jun 8 2006, 09:37 PM) LittleGhost: Plenty of documented cases where people hook their portable MP3 players, especially iPods to headamps. Should not be a problem. If really needed to, you can use the Connector, the AV port as line out. You just need to disable video from the menu, and it'll become a line out port. hmmmmmmmmmmmmmm interesting. Johnliew, have you tried amping the ZVM? I'm currently having a headache with line out signals being too strong, resulting very high volumes. Will the ZVM have similar issues? |
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Jun 9 2006, 09:41 AM
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QUOTE(johnliew @ Jun 9 2006, 09:02 AM) LittleGhost: I will find out for you, suppose to "inherit" a pocketamp from my cousin soon. I guess the result depends on the following (in order) Ah, i was looking for an informative reply like this. Thank you.1. Earphones/headphones impedance- high impedance cans are harder to drive (need more volume), therefore could be a good thing for amp-ed situations e.g. like my Grados  2. Amp gain - some amps can switch btwn low and high gain settings, so when you feel it's "over-amped" (if there is such a word  ), switch it to low gain3. Player/source volume - for amped situation, always turn off the EQ and the volume shall never be more than 50%. If all 3 fails, just seem that it a bad combi of everything  You need to get higher impedance headphones (not earphones) and low gain amp...Good luck~ Line outs do not have volume control (refer to bolded quoted sentence). They simply bypass internal amp. So i'm not sure if the way you guys use the amps are correct or not. I thought we should use line outs instead of headphone out? However, i emailed Gary (electric avenues) about the situation and he said there are cases where people prefer headphones out -> amp than line out -> amp because it sounds much better and the latter signal output being too strong and loud. Anyway, if i lower the gain will it affect the purposes of the amplifier? Otherwise should i make an inline attenuator? |
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