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Prodigy HD2 connect to Bravo V2 amp with RCA, would it work?

post #1 of 8
9/23/10 at 10:52am
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Hey guys!

What would happen if I connected a Bravo V2 amp with my Prodigy HD2 soundcard with RCA cables? Would it work well?

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post #2 of 8
9/23/10 at 5:53pm

What would happen?

 

The signal would be amplified....

 

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post #3 of 8
9/23/10 at 8:55pm

Why wouldn't it work?

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post #4 of 8
9/23/10 at 10:03pm
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I asked because someone wrote this in an other topic: "Technically your sound card is you amplifier so if you used an amp with it you'd get pretty nasty sound (Amplifier Piggyback Effect)." So, in my case the soundcard would be a DAC, and the amplifier would work with it without any problems?

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post #5 of 8
9/24/10 at 11:57am

He isn't completely wrong, soundcards are DAC/Amps to a degree.  It all depends on the outputs that your sound card has.

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post #6 of 8
9/24/10 at 1:20pm

the HD2 lineout is a true 2VRMS lineout, it cannot drive a headphone whatsoever.


Edited by leeperry - 9/24/10 at 1:22pm
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post #7 of 8
9/24/10 at 11:01pm
Quote:
Originally Posted by Balazska26 View Post

I asked because someone wrote this in an other topic: "Technically your sound card is you amplifier so if you used an amp with it you'd get pretty nasty sound (Amplifier Piggyback Effect)." So, in my case the soundcard would be a DAC, and the amplifier would work with it without any problems?


Technically, the sound "card" is a computer-controlled audio codec (coder-decoder) with DAC (digital-to-analog converter). Some cards have additional amplification to drive headphones. The "Amplifier Piggyback Effect" can be real if you take a signal designed for headphones and connect it to a dedicated headphone amp, but it won't sound any "nastier" than it would without the dedicated headphone amp.

 

Don't believe everything you hear or read. A grain of truth promotes many misconceptions.

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post #8 of 8
9/25/10 at 12:34pm
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Thanks for helping me out guys :)

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