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KP,
The first two links go to the same product.
Mike
The first two links go to the same product.
Mike
KP,
The first two links go to the same product.
Mike
20 bucks total from Amazon, giving it a shot.
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00005T3G5/ref=ox_sc_act_title_1?ie=UTF8&psc=1&smid=A2BC0LW6HPSTVP
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000068O5B/ref=oh_details_o02_s00_i00
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B003U48NIY/ref=oh_details_o01_s00_i00
KP
There's still a problem: The second link goes to an adapter that has a 1/4-inch mono headphone jack (instead of stereo).
I haven't found a 1/4-inch stereo equivalent at Amazon, searching for "1/4-inch," "6.3mm," or "6.35mm".
Mike
How exactly is the xlr safer?
Are you thinking of the APPJ Headphone Adapter that I discussed on page 24 of this thread?
It seems that ALO is no longer carrying the product. The link I provided in that post is now dead and searching the ALO site just now, I can no longer find the product, but I've updated that post with another source you might try.
Mike
"Yes, for all headphones, you ultimately have two conductors going to each ear, but when the ground of each pair is joined to a 3-conductor 3.5mm or 6.3mm TRS plug, it's a given that you will be inserting that plug into the TRS jack of an amplifier that is designed to work with a common ground (unbalanced, single-ended), three-conductor output jack.
But a speaker amp is (Edit: might be) designed to work with segregated grounds. It's not safe to assume that you can connect the two grounds of four speaker terminals, to reduce four conductors down to only three."
http://www.head-fi.org/t/629352/hifiman-he-500-on-a-speaker-amp-emotiva-mini-x-a-100-project/360#post_8919958
For an amp that has separate grounds for each channel, could one feasibly make a headphone tap that connects to the ground on just one side? Any downsides to doing so, or risk damaging the amp?
For an amp that has separate grounds for each channel, could one feasibly make a headphone tap that connects to the ground on just one side?
But both "hot" signal wires are still referencing to a ground. That should be producing sound from both sides no?