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iriver h120 using line-out as headphone?

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Badfer:
Is it safe for hardware to connect headphones with impedance 32 Omh  to line out? Trying to avoid distortion and noise from builded headphone amplifier. Can I await more quality sound?

saratoga:

--- Quote from: Badfer on March 07, 2012, 11:58:49 PM ---Is it safe for hardware to connect headphones with impedance 32 Omh  to line out?

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Probably, they're usually terminated to avoid damage if you do that.


--- Quote from: Badfer on March 07, 2012, 11:58:49 PM ---Trying to avoid distortion and noise from builded headphone amplifier. Can I await more quality sound?

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No, it'll be badly distorted.  A line out is meant to drive a line in:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Line_out_(signal)#Line_out

Mr Whippy:
Line out is supposed to go into a headphone amp or tape deck or other line level device, not headphones. It'll distort.

Thought my H140 was faulty as was distorting. But then I noticed I connected headphones to line out.

stuckinstandby:
Apologies for bumping an old thread but my question is the same and this one doesn't quite seem to have been answered.

I managed to fry the headphone output* on my iRiver iHP-120 but the line out is still working. Is there any problem with connecting headphones to the line out? Is it likely to damage anything?

I tried it tentatively, initially with the volume turned down before putting it up to a normal level and it sounded fine - no distortion.

*I'll post a new thread for this.

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