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Subject: Re: [motm] Re: Different I/O panels
From: jwbarlow@...
Date: 2003-08-22
In a message dated 8/22/2003 8:31:10 AM Pacific Daylight Time, synth1@... writes:
OK, I'm punting my nice phono preamp :(
It was a thing of beauty (sob......sniff)
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>The triple pre-amp will take care of interfacing anything unbalanced at line or
>instrument level.
Correct!
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>Headphone belongs on the main output. That's just logical.
It does only if you are buying ∗one∗ output module. Many folks will want 2-10 output modules, and
they do not want 2-10 headphone amps!
As a user, I agree that the headphone amp belongs on the output module, but I really see Paul's point too. Maybe you should (counterintuitively) have a dual module "phono in & headphone monitor" module -- separate inputs for each of course. Rarely would someone have more than one or two phono inputs.
OTOH, a slightly more advanced headphone "output" module might be useful for those who use there system live. Where the signal in to the headphone output could be switched from the ∗live∗ output to a preview. I assume Robert Rich does something like this in performance.
BTW, any other MOTMers see Rich in Pomona last week?
JB