illitirit
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Hello friends.
I am having a hard time understanding how exactly to properly setup my sound blaster z with a magni amp.
I don't own the magni yet as I am still trying to understand all this new world of audio before purchasing anything.
Right now, I own the sound blaster Zx. Not the ZxR.
I want to buy hifiman he400, however I am told that they will sound not great through the sound blaster Zx amp.
So while I would love to buy a magni + modi combo stack, I dont want to spend more money than I have to.
Therefore, I will purchase a magni or something similar to drive the he400.
My question is this :
How would I connect the magni to my sound blaster Zx card?
SBZ headphone jack > magni > he400 ?
or
SBZ Optical S/PDIF out > magni > he400
I have read that I SHOULD NOT, connect the magni to the headphone out jack due to double amping. Is this correct? If this is true, it creates a problem for me :
My main concern is me having to unplug stuff from the back of my computer when I switch from speakers to headphones. I do not want to do anything.
Right now, through sound blaster software I can switch from headphones to speakers easily with a click of my mouse. However, with adding a magni to the SPDIF jack, can I still switch easily from speakers to headphone? ( Line out vs SPDIF out). Will audio come through both sources unless I unplug one? The back of my computer is not easily accessible and takes alot of moving things out of the way to reach the sound card area, I would really like a hands free solution.
Thanks for any replies!
I am having a hard time understanding how exactly to properly setup my sound blaster z with a magni amp.
I don't own the magni yet as I am still trying to understand all this new world of audio before purchasing anything.
Right now, I own the sound blaster Zx. Not the ZxR.
I want to buy hifiman he400, however I am told that they will sound not great through the sound blaster Zx amp.
So while I would love to buy a magni + modi combo stack, I dont want to spend more money than I have to.
Therefore, I will purchase a magni or something similar to drive the he400.
My question is this :
How would I connect the magni to my sound blaster Zx card?
SBZ headphone jack > magni > he400 ?
or
SBZ Optical S/PDIF out > magni > he400
I have read that I SHOULD NOT, connect the magni to the headphone out jack due to double amping. Is this correct? If this is true, it creates a problem for me :
My main concern is me having to unplug stuff from the back of my computer when I switch from speakers to headphones. I do not want to do anything.
Right now, through sound blaster software I can switch from headphones to speakers easily with a click of my mouse. However, with adding a magni to the SPDIF jack, can I still switch easily from speakers to headphone? ( Line out vs SPDIF out). Will audio come through both sources unless I unplug one? The back of my computer is not easily accessible and takes alot of moving things out of the way to reach the sound card area, I would really like a hands free solution.
Thanks for any replies!