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Re: volume frustration
G wrote:
> At a guess maybe headphone signal level is classed as
> line level - anyone who knows better please jump in.
>
Well, it *is* possible to make an output that will both work
at line level and also drive a set of head-phones.
...but usually a line level output just can't supply
the power to drive the phones.
Not surprising if you consider that headphones are just
small speakers.
A lot of cheap devices use have a headphone socket that
doubles as line out...can be a source of low quality signal.
It's also possible, like in the old Lexicon JamMan to have
a hi-fi line level out that will work with phones,
but if a device doesn't claim to drive headphones it's
very unlikely that it will.
andy