[Fantasysage]

How do you think would be the best way to go from the sound card to the little dot? Right now I have the grado's direct into the headphone out on the back of the card, and the little dot in incoming. The lack of a line-out kinda sucks. So what would the best bet be? Keep the volume low as hell or half way? I would eventually like to get an external DAC and just run optical out, but that is going to be a way away after dropping ~700 on headphone crap this month alone.

 

[Mad Max]

No line-out?  Are you sure?

 

[Fantasysage]

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No line-out?  Are you sure?

Like 99.9%, yeah.

 

[jhanz]

Which Titanium do you have?
 
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sound_Blaster_X-Fi

 

[Fantasysage]

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Which Titanium do you have?
 
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sound_Blaster_X-Fi

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16829102024
 
That is what is in my main PC. I also have a creative audigy 2 zs platinum pro with the box floating around. But that is like 6 years old.

 

[Mad Max]

The green jack should be the line-out, no?
Then you set your software volume to max then just use the Little Dot's volume control instead.

 

[Fantasysage]

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The green jack should be the line-out, no?
Then you set your software volume to max then just use the Little Dot's volume control instead.

Nope, that is headphone level out.

 

[Mad Max]

What are all the other jacks, then?

 

[Fantasysage]

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What are all the other jacks, then?

Surround sound and the blue on is either microphone or line level IN depending on how you set the drivers.

 

[Mad Max]

Use the green one then.  Should be fine.

 

[Fantasysage]

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Use the green one then.  Should be fine.

 
I figure I am going to have to. I just wonder about the sound quality.

 

[Mad Max]

The X-fi xtreme gamer I used to have had an HP-out that connected internally to the front of my computer.  Circuit-wise, it was almost the same as the "line-out", but had much lower noise floor.  Much, much lower.
It shouldn't be bad, quality-wise.

 

[razvitm]

the green jack is line-out and headphone out because it has a high current operational amplifier on it, but the rest of the output jacks are only line-out. if you want to listen in stereo mode and want to be able to plug in several equipments like a headphone, an amp, another amp, simultaneously in the audio card, check my thread about how to copy stereo to all jacks.
http://www.head-fi.org/forum/thread/541806/for-all-the-ppl-out-there-with-a-surround-creative-x-fi

 

[Fantasysage]

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the green jack is line-out and headphone out because it has a high current operational amplifier on it, but the rest of the output jacks are only line-out. if you want to listen in stereo mode and want to be able to plug in several equipments like a headphone, an amp, another amp, simultaneously in the audio card, check my thread about how to copy stereo to all jacks.
http://www.head-fi.org/forum/thread/541806/for-all-the-ppl-out-there-with-a-surround-creative-x-fi

First of all +1 for that. DO you think that would result in better sound quality vs the headphone line out?