jjs88
New Head-Fier
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(Newbie here)
When listening to music on your computer, do you plug your headphones into the front headphone jack or the rear line-out jack? And what exactly is the difference? I've always had a splitter plugged into the line-out jack on the rear panel of my computer tower, with my speakers plugged into one end of the splitter and the headphones plugged into the other. Recently I bought a pair of Sennheiser HD280s and initially started out listening to them plugged into the the headphone jack on the front panel of the computer tower...which I found left a lot to be desired. There was way too much bass and everything seemed very muffled, especially the vocals, like there was a pillow in the way. I then tried plugging them into the line-out splitter in the back and the muffled sound was mostly eliminated. Why is this?
From what I've read, it seems that you should plug most headphones into the headphone jack when listening to music rather than the line-out jack, as this apparently is better suited and gives it more volume. However, in my case the sound is clearly superior (but still not perfect) when listening to it from the line-out jack. There's a lot less bass but much more clarity and "punch" to the music, and the muffled sound is mostly gone...but neither way provides a completely satisfactory sound (at least not what I was expecting from these headphones) so I'm wondering if I'm maybe I'm doing something wrong, if the soundcard could be at fault, or if the headphones themselves are the issue. I'm also wondering if maybe a headphone amplifier would solve the problem, either when connected to the headphone jack or the line-out jack. I've been eying the ART HeadAmp4 amplifier due to its good reviews on Amazon as well as the fact that I could use it instead of the $0.99 splitter I've got now to go from the line out to both my speakers and my headphones and hopefully create a superior sound in both devices in doing so.
So yeah, any help? Sorry if these questions are really stupid or obvious to most -- I've just recently ditched my crappy 10 dollar headphones and am only now beginning to delve into the world of higher-quality headphones and all the things that come along with them, so I'm not very familiar with a lot of this stuff just yet.
When listening to music on your computer, do you plug your headphones into the front headphone jack or the rear line-out jack? And what exactly is the difference? I've always had a splitter plugged into the line-out jack on the rear panel of my computer tower, with my speakers plugged into one end of the splitter and the headphones plugged into the other. Recently I bought a pair of Sennheiser HD280s and initially started out listening to them plugged into the the headphone jack on the front panel of the computer tower...which I found left a lot to be desired. There was way too much bass and everything seemed very muffled, especially the vocals, like there was a pillow in the way. I then tried plugging them into the line-out splitter in the back and the muffled sound was mostly eliminated. Why is this?
From what I've read, it seems that you should plug most headphones into the headphone jack when listening to music rather than the line-out jack, as this apparently is better suited and gives it more volume. However, in my case the sound is clearly superior (but still not perfect) when listening to it from the line-out jack. There's a lot less bass but much more clarity and "punch" to the music, and the muffled sound is mostly gone...but neither way provides a completely satisfactory sound (at least not what I was expecting from these headphones) so I'm wondering if I'm maybe I'm doing something wrong, if the soundcard could be at fault, or if the headphones themselves are the issue. I'm also wondering if maybe a headphone amplifier would solve the problem, either when connected to the headphone jack or the line-out jack. I've been eying the ART HeadAmp4 amplifier due to its good reviews on Amazon as well as the fact that I could use it instead of the $0.99 splitter I've got now to go from the line out to both my speakers and my headphones and hopefully create a superior sound in both devices in doing so.
So yeah, any help? Sorry if these questions are really stupid or obvious to most -- I've just recently ditched my crappy 10 dollar headphones and am only now beginning to delve into the world of higher-quality headphones and all the things that come along with them, so I'm not very familiar with a lot of this stuff just yet.