Monitors and head phones

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2010/08/19 09:06:24 (permalink)

Monitors and head phones

Here's a problem.
For years I have mixed through my hi-fi speakers (a very good pair of B&W's) not pro or even amature pro I know but money talks (or rather whispers in my case)
So my audio from my emu 0404 is going in to my "Denon D65 amp" which I guess also colours the sound a little.
My freind who happens to manage a large music store here in Bristol is trying to persuade me to buy a pair of
Genelic 8020b's which sound great and would fit nicely in my confined space.
It's probably not the best idea to go through my Denon amp as the Genelics are powered anyway and so the amp is not necessary. That being the case, how then do I run headphones?
I have a headphone imput on the amp but the speakers don't have any and I really can't afford to be spending any more money as these things aren't cheap and I've just bought me a brand new daw that should be ariving this weekend.

So I guess what I want some one to say is, yeah, run them through the amp, it'll be fine but I doubt I'll get my wish :(

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Steve

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    batsbrew
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    Re:Monitors and head phones 2010/08/19 10:41:36 (permalink)
    hi fi speakers are NOT monitors.

    they were never designed for that duty.

    that's problem one.

    i have multiple outs on my soundcard, i dedicate one set of outs, to a seperate 'headphone amp', which happens to be my Yamaha Natural sound amplifier, which is perfect for the headphones.

    you could do the same thing with your denon.

    if you don't have seperate outs available at your interface, you could always buy an inexpensive splitter (radio shack used to have these things cheap) and simply a/b between the genelecs and the denon.


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    Re:Monitors and head phones 2010/08/20 19:55:33 (permalink)
    No headphone output on your audio interface?
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    Shadow of The Wind
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    Re:Monitors and head phones 2010/08/21 00:39:23 (permalink)
    Well, how about some simple Y-cables (cinch) or a switchbox? And, the E-MU 0404 should have a headphone output. Is it not loud enough?

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    Re:Monitors and head phones 2010/08/21 16:38:15 (permalink)
    If you get the Genelecs you absolutely should keep the hifi system in your setup as a second reference. They will probably be more enjoyable to listen to while composing/arranging as well, since the little Gennies have very little bass. The Mackie Big Knob comes to mind for distributing the signal from your interface. Don't Behringer make a cheap item that does the job?

    Sven





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