photoresistor
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I've looked at a bunch of rackmount 4 channel headphone amps and there are plenty that would work great for me:
4 channels
2 stereo main inputs
some drive two or three headphones per channel (nice)
some have EQ on each channel (nice)
some have a mix knob for the main input and aux insert signal (really like this feature)
stereo aux inserts on each channel...
...but why are the aux inserts on the front of all these units? That totally ruins all of these perfectly otherwise useable units for me.
In my situation, it would make the most sense to have the inserts in the back of the unit. I have an aardvark q10 and the outputs are (no way) on the BACK of the unit.
So if i wanted to make four different, unique stereo subgroup mixes in Sonar, send them out of my aardvark q10 to be sent to the different players in a band or something... why would i want to have the cables go from behind the rackmount units to in front of the headphone amp so i could connect them?? Not only would this be stupid but id have to leave a rack space open for the cords to go through.
Is this only stupid to me? Or am i just planning to use the amp in a different way than most people do...?
okay, i was just curious about that because it didnt make any sense to me.
My REAL question was if anyone knew of a 4 channel headphone amp that wasnt insanely expensive that had the aux inserts on the back of the unit. Or maybe im just retarded and some of the units ive seen have aux inserts on the front and back (havent seen the back panels)?
The only rackmount one ive seen is the behringer HA8000 or whatever... but i dont need an 8 channel version, and would prefer to have a 4 channel version that has a few more features than the HA8000 (namely: balance knob between main input and direct input sources, channel EQ would be handy).
Thanks for reading, hopefully you can tell me that im stupid for asking a question like this and that everyone else in the world is glad that the inserts are on the front lol...
4 channels
2 stereo main inputs
some drive two or three headphones per channel (nice)
some have EQ on each channel (nice)
some have a mix knob for the main input and aux insert signal (really like this feature)
stereo aux inserts on each channel...
...but why are the aux inserts on the front of all these units? That totally ruins all of these perfectly otherwise useable units for me.
In my situation, it would make the most sense to have the inserts in the back of the unit. I have an aardvark q10 and the outputs are (no way) on the BACK of the unit.
So if i wanted to make four different, unique stereo subgroup mixes in Sonar, send them out of my aardvark q10 to be sent to the different players in a band or something... why would i want to have the cables go from behind the rackmount units to in front of the headphone amp so i could connect them?? Not only would this be stupid but id have to leave a rack space open for the cords to go through.
Is this only stupid to me? Or am i just planning to use the amp in a different way than most people do...?
okay, i was just curious about that because it didnt make any sense to me.
My REAL question was if anyone knew of a 4 channel headphone amp that wasnt insanely expensive that had the aux inserts on the back of the unit. Or maybe im just retarded and some of the units ive seen have aux inserts on the front and back (havent seen the back panels)?
The only rackmount one ive seen is the behringer HA8000 or whatever... but i dont need an 8 channel version, and would prefer to have a 4 channel version that has a few more features than the HA8000 (namely: balance knob between main input and direct input sources, channel EQ would be handy).
Thanks for reading, hopefully you can tell me that im stupid for asking a question like this and that everyone else in the world is glad that the inserts are on the front lol...
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