Will I need a amp for this?

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bnoji

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I've been messing around with recording to my PC to get some simple stuff down. I use a pair of Sony MDR-7506's for monitoring and for the minimal mixing that I do. I still want to use my PC speakers for other things though, so right now I get stuck crawling under my desk every time I want to record something to switch the headphones out with the speakers. If I but a Y-splitter for 1/8in plugs at radio shack, will the sound card be able to handle both at the same time or will I need an amp for the headphones? I noticed with a portable CD player I had, the volume noticeably decreased when I split the signal to two sets of headphones.

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bnoji
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Get an extention cable that runs from the back of your PC to the top of your desk someplace. That should make switching between phones and speakers easier.

I once made a switchbox for this purpose...it was really ugly and weird looking but it worked. I would recommending putting that much effort into it :)

You're going to want a real monitoring system here pretty soon though man :(

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Thanks. I was just wondering if the sound card had enough power to run both at the same time. Im looking into a Delta 44 card, one of those Dynaudio/Hafler monitor packages and a decent mixer. I have no idea what mixer I want to get.

I'm definately getting the monitors first, only because I can use them with my 424 while I'm saving for the mixer and IO card.
 
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