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Last night I listened to a few LPs that had tracks that momentarily had sound in just one channel ...and the sensation was odd ...actually, it was uncomfortable.
When listening to a single channel with speakers, both ears hear it ...but with phones obviously only one ear hears it. The complete silence heard by the other ear was ...well, weird. It almost felt as if my ear was clogged and needed to be cleaned. It was not a comfortable feeling ...and that's what it was, there was an actual sensation that was uncomfortable.
Anybody else ever experience this?
Dean.
reelsmith's axiom: Its going to be used equipment when I sell it, so it may as well be used equipment when I buy it.
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Oh yeah. And, that's part of the reason why a crossfeed circuit can make headphone listening more comfortable at times. Another thing you can do (but only if you have "open" headphones) is to split the signal line before the headphone amp and route one line level cable into your regular loudspeaker system. With the volume level of the loudspeaker amp set very low, you can run your speakers as low level background monitors that work to "fill in" some of the missing stereo info that normal headphones delete. As a bonus, you can keep on following the music if you leave your headphones to walk around the house for some reason. This idea is not a new one - the Decware CSP2+ headphone amp, for example, features line level out jacks that output signal at 1/10th volume ratio whenever headphones are plugged in. That way, you can run your loudspeakers as low level background monitors just as I've described.
...tape out of my pre into my headphone amp, so I can easily do what you suggest. But, the reason I got phones was to be able to listen without anyone else hearing the music.
If no one is home, I always use speakers.
Thanks though ...its an interesting solution.
Dean.
reelsmith's axiom: Its going to be used equipment when I sell it, so it may as well be used equipment when I buy it.
... you might not disturb anyone (except maybe the Princess from "The Princess and the Pea"). Too much volume will wreck the headphone presentation - *just enough* volume enhances spatial effects. It is also essential that you be sitting in the "sweet spot" of your loudspeaker setup if you do this. Nearfield monitors might work very well, too.
Edits: 08/04/11
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