Headphone & Airport Express!

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soundproof (archived)
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Posted April 18, 2008 at 08:43 GMT
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This may be old hat to you, but strangely I first thought of it the other day.

Why not plug a headphone straight into the Airport Express?
I have a nice terrace that I like  being on, and it's equipped with proper electrical sockets.
And I got a flash of inspiration I should have had a long time ago - I can plug an Airport Express into the socket, and then plug a set of headphones into the AE. I have an iPod Touch equipped with Remote Buddy, and can therefore control what's playing and the volume with that, while enjoying a new found mobility to my music.

Surprise - it works perfectly. I now have access to my entire music library, through the Touch, and through an Airport express out on the terrace.

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Benjamindaines (archived)
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Posted April 28, 2008 at 16:25 GMT
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This works without a headphone amp? 
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soundproof (archived)
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Posted April 28, 2008 at 17:00 GMT
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Yes, depending upon the sensitivity of your phones, but with my Sennheiser's it's no problem. I control the volume using the iPod Touch or computer that's sending the sound to the AE. And if you connect a headphone amp you get more control, of course, but then the portability is compromised.
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Stan
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Posted April 29, 2008 at 14:53 GMT
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Or... you could copy the music you want to hear on to your iPod Touch and plug your headphones into that... then, you do not even need an outlet!!!

😁😁😁

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soundproof (archived)
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Posted April 29, 2008 at 15:27 GMT
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😁

I'll have to look for a 1 terabyte iPod, then ... that's how much music I've got on the server.  

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Zelbinion (archived)
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Posted May 6, 2008 at 04:25 GMT
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Nice solution, I would have thought that the jack on the AE would have been a bit underpowered. Does the fact that it's streaming over a wireless network affect the quality at all?
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soundproof (archived)
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Posted May 6, 2008 at 12:51 GMT
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Volume is quite satisfactory with my Sennheiser headphones - worth trying out.
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Zelbinion (archived)
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Posted May 8, 2008 at 10:58 GMT
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Well, I have a pair of Sennheiser HD 555s. Pretty good headphones, nice, clear and balanced sound. The only thing is that my iMac (Early 2006) has a really underpowered headphone jack. The sound is really tinny, and I need to pump it up by plugging it into my amp and going through that. I have the same issue with my iPod, although there's no way to get around this.
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Killyp (archived)
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Posted May 8, 2008 at 15:18 GMT
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Zelbinion (archived)
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Posted May 9, 2008 at 02:14 GMT
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Having dongles hanging off your iPod kind of defeats the purpose of a portable music player, though.

Would it really significantly lower the battery life to channel a bit more power to headphones?

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