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What if I want to use the VGA out of my PC? With VGA it can output a higher resolution than S-Video.
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I am no expert on the video side, so I could be wrong on this. I know that VGA can be converted to DVI-A. HDMI can take DVI-D signal, I'm not sure if it can take DVI-A signal, my guess is it can't.
If the above is true, you can only use the S-Video or component video input on the receiver. To correct my previous post, you don't need a S-Video to component video converter, you can just use an S-Video cable.
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So the only way to connect a headphone amplifier to the receiver is to connect the receiver's front headphone jack to the amplifier's RCA input? Correct?
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Nope. At the back of your receiver there is the "FRONT" RCA jacks under the "PRE OUT" section (essentially the analog audio signal of front left and right channel), that's where you hook up with the RCA input of the headphone amp.
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Wouldn't this make the amplifier's volume control extremely sensitive?
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Think of it like a water tap. In the ideal case, we have a tap sticking out of the wall, once you open it and you get water.
However in your case you have another valve before your water tap. So you have to open the valve (ideally full blast) so that you can get water out of the tap. If the valve is opened half way, even if the tap is opened all the way, you'd only get half of the full blast.
Personally, I wouldn't do this. If the headphone jack of the receiver is decent I'd just plug straight into it for casual listening. and I'd plug the headphone amp to the source for my serious listening. But you don't necessary hear any deterioration in sound quality, depending on your gears and ears.