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marvda1

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pc audio?
« on: 20 Jun 2011, 03:59 pm »
just got a laptop, can i use a mini to rca adapter and using the headphone jack on the laptop to connect it to my preamp for music until i look into usb dacs?
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eclein

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Re: pc audio?
« Reply #1 on: 20 Jun 2011, 04:15 pm »
yup..have fun
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richidoo

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« Reply #2 on: 20 Jun 2011, 04:20 pm »
Yes. The headphone output can drive low impedance headphones and is also designed to drive high impedance loads like desktop speakers. If it is not loud enough your preamp can add some gain.  Experiment with the PC volume level until you find the best sounding volume level for the load. You might like less gain from laptop to lower its distortion and crank in higher quality gain from your preamp to get loud enough.
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marvda1

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« Reply #3 on: 20 Jun 2011, 05:19 pm »
thanks!
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valtopps

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Re: pc audio?
« Reply #4 on: 3 Jul 2011, 12:56 am »
should look into a hrt music stream II+, i just bought one there fantasic :D

whats up with all the questions on this site to send a post
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« Reply #5 on: 14 Jul 2011, 01:22 am »
I just got the hrt2 and it is fantastic...
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ajzepp

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« Reply #6 on: 14 Jul 2011, 01:56 am »
I recently made a similar change to my system. I went with a USB-to-SPDIF adapter into my DAC and that's worked out great.

I can't imagine ever going back to a physical CD player...computer based audio is so much more convenient.
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