Hi all,
Great forum - I’m very much a novice but was hoping for some advice.
I want to connect my motherboard to an external amp (i.e. use motherboard DAC). To which I will then connect my headphones - a range of low impedance normal driver [philips x2] and planar [hifiman 400i].
The amp I’m thinking of getting is the Arcam rhead - thoughts on this amp?
However, I wanted to test whether my motherboard was capable of providing a ‘true’ line out.
When I connect my headphones to what is labelled on my motherboard to be the line out jack (motherboard is Asus Gene VIII) I can select connection to either be a headphone or front speakers (no line out option). I am also able to change the volume using windows using either option. Does this imply that using the motherboard in the way I described would lead to double amping?
Thanks for any help - and please excuse any short comings in my understanding.
Thanks,
Anees
Great forum - I’m very much a novice but was hoping for some advice.
I want to connect my motherboard to an external amp (i.e. use motherboard DAC). To which I will then connect my headphones - a range of low impedance normal driver [philips x2] and planar [hifiman 400i].
The amp I’m thinking of getting is the Arcam rhead - thoughts on this amp?
However, I wanted to test whether my motherboard was capable of providing a ‘true’ line out.
When I connect my headphones to what is labelled on my motherboard to be the line out jack (motherboard is Asus Gene VIII) I can select connection to either be a headphone or front speakers (no line out option). I am also able to change the volume using windows using either option. Does this imply that using the motherboard in the way I described would lead to double amping?
Thanks for any help - and please excuse any short comings in my understanding.
Thanks,
Anees