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Something to put the volume lower while gaming

post #1 of 17
7/7/05 at 12:53pm
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Hi,

maybe it's a super n00b question, sorry for that.

Since yesterday I have my Sennheiser HD555, and I love it. But there are some problems

1. My Pc is in a pretty weird position. I want to use the HD555 for more things than only my PC, so it's pretty clumsy to crouch behind my desk every time. So is there a way to make a cable or something from my soundcard to my desk, that makes it easier to change from application?
2. This question is related to the previous one. When I'm listening to music in windows I put the volume lower in winamp or with a single click on the audio-icon. But when I'm gaming, I can't put the volume lower. My friend has a creative inspire 6.1 speakerset, and he can put his headphone plug in this thing:



Is there an afforable solution for this 'problem'? And no, I don't want to buy a creative inspire 6.1 speakerset for this problem
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post #2 of 17
7/7/05 at 12:56pm
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Lol I see the picture doesn't work? Right mousebutton ==> properties ==> url
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post #3 of 17
7/7/05 at 2:08pm
Any headphone amp with a volume control would work. Just get a cheap CMOY amp and use that.
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post #4 of 17
7/7/05 at 2:15pm
he's right, headphone amp.

but if you want to solve #1 quickly and cheaply, go to radio shack and get a 3 or 4 foot headphone extension chord with 1/8 stereo headphone jacks at each end. one end needs to be male, the other female. just make sure you get a chord that's stereo, because they also sell mono chords.
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post #5 of 17
7/7/05 at 2:33pm
one way is a cable extension with built in volume controller. and i have never seen one.

a second way is to have your keyboard to control the volume. many new keyboards today have extra features and drivers to do that.

a third way is headphone amplifier. a cmoy would do the job and its the cheapest custom built amiplifier. you will need an interconnect to connect the amp to sound card. this method also improve your current sound as well.
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post #6 of 17
7/7/05 at 2:36pm
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Thanks, but do I lose sound-quality with a headphone-amp? And what are the prices of these things? Can't find them in holland
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post #7 of 17
7/7/05 at 2:38pm
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Originally Posted by terrymx
a third way is headphone amplifier. a cmoy would do the job and its the cheapest custom built amiplifier. you will need an interconnect to connect the amp to sound card. this method also improve your current sound as well.
price?
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post #8 of 17
7/7/05 at 3:19pm
simple break out box with a headphone attenuator or a DIY inline headphone volume control (or both ).

ideas here : $#@%$^%^ headwize is down again !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

So anyway......Take your behind to Radio shack and pick up a small plastic project box,the one that is like 1x1x3,and a pair of 25 ohm/2W attenuator pots,Wire the pots in series (one for each channel) plus a 3-conductor mini phone jack for the headphone output and if you can find it a 10' mini-to-mini stereo extension cable which you need to cut one end off and wire it directly to the pots in the box (knot it inside so it does not pull out from use).

Now you will have a tiny and light box with the volume control close to the headphones and enough cord to comfortably reach the back ot the computer.Add one of those belty clips also availably at Radio shack and you can clip it on and not worry about it.
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post #9 of 17
7/7/05 at 3:26pm
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Originally Posted by speedo
price?
http://www6.head-fi.org/forums/showt...87#post1478487
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post #10 of 17
7/7/05 at 4:55pm
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Well, I gues it's going to be a headphone amp then. But I was just curious to something like this:



With something like that I can plug my headphones in and out easily, and I still can use my speakers. I don't know anything about quality loss or something with a pult. Unfortunately I can't find it anywhere

But can I use my speakers (a green and a black one) with an amp, when I plug my headphone out?
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post #11 of 17
7/7/05 at 6:08pm
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Originally Posted by speedo
Thanks, but do I lose sound-quality with a headphone-amp? And what are the prices of these things? Can't find them in holland
Priceless XD.

Of course you don't - they're designed to IMPROVE the sound! If you're interested in an amp, though, then ask on the Amplification forum (on this site).
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post #12 of 17
7/7/05 at 6:57pm
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Ok Topic move to the amp-forum?
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post #13 of 17
7/7/05 at 6:58pm
its possible that you can lose sound quality through amp, if its a very poorly designed amp. i've never tried it myself though, but i cant imagine how its not possible.

actaully for me i only believe in amp preserving and amplify the sound, nto actaully built for improving the sound. it can improve the sound in the sense that it bring the headphone/speaker to its fullest potential and give it more power. i believe that the improvement of sound is done by the source.
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post #14 of 17
7/7/05 at 7:08pm
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Quote:
Originally Posted by terrymx
its possible that you can lose sound quality through amp, if its a very poorly designed amp. i've never tried it myself though, but i cant imagine how its not possible.

actaully for me i only believe in amp preserving and amplify the sound, nto actaully built for improving the sound. it can improve the sound in the sense that it bring the headphone/speaker to its fullest potential and give it more power. i believe that the improvement of sound is done by the source.
Hm ok what about the CMOY amp then? Strange that I don't hear anyone about the pult that I showed in this topic. Isn't that an option? Or should I stick the the option to buy an CMOY amp?
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post #15 of 17
7/7/05 at 7:19pm
yeah cmoy is pretty decent. i know there are quite a few other amps too but i dont have experience with. pocket amp something and minimoy something, maybe you can do a search for it.
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