[roncri]

I'm going to commission a PIMETA soon and have a question.

The amp is going to be used at work. I'll be using a USB Sonica into the PIMETA. The problem is that I frequently have to switch between external speakers and my headphones and I was wondering if the following was possible.

What I would like is to go mini plug from the Sonica into RCA on the PIMETA. Before connecting to the amp inside I'd like a button/toggle that would route the signal either to the amp or to a second set of outgoing RCA jacks. The outgoing jacks would then go to my external speakers.

This way to switch between Headphones and Speakers all I have to do is hit the button/toggle switch.

Anyone see any problems with this?

Thanks,
-Ron

 

[stereth]

Yeah, that should be no problem. It's just a DPDT switch.

Alternatively, if the speakers have a convenient power switch/volume control, you could just split the signal. Both amps are high-impedence inputs, so they shouldn't affect the signal much at all.

If you're not worried about battery life, you might want to use the PIMETA as a preamp. I did that with my most recent amp and I like what it did to the sound. Then you'd need a DPDT on amp output.

 

[fool]

There's also a guide for this by Chu Moy @ headwize: http://headwize2.powerpill.org/proje...=cmoy7_prj.htm

Essentially what you want to do, except you'll use one of the outputs as the input into the PIMETA. Additionally, you can get rid of one of the two inputs.

-fool