Headphones and speakers at same time

Hi. I've been trying to figure out how to have my speakers and my
headphones plugged in at the same time. My speakers are Cambridge
SoundWorks, so these take both the front and rear outputs. As I've got
no where to plug my headphones, I was wondering if there is a way that I
can connect my case (Antec Sonata) front audio jacks to the Sound
Blaster card. I've spoken to a rep at Creative and he said that some of
the Live! cards can do this. Has anyone done this, or does someone have
a diagram?

Thanks.

How about a simple Y cable that has one channel going to your speakers
and an open end to hook up to what you please? I do this on my shop
stereo and run the other leg of the Y to my input so I can have an
FM/AM radio on my computer too.

Yep


"Bibe" wrote in message
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Hi. I've been trying to figure out how to have my speakers and my
headphones plugged in at the same time. My speakers are Cambridge
SoundWorks, so these take both the front and rear outputs. As I've
got
no where to plug my headphones, I was wondering if there is a way
that I
can connect my case (Antec Sonata) front audio jacks to the Sound
Blaster card. I've spoken to a rep at Creative and he said that some
of
the Live! cards can do this. Has anyone done this, or does someone
have
a diagram?

Thanks.

That's the same thing that I do. I've noticed no loss in signal. It works
great for me and saves me from having to reach all the way around to unplug
and plug in different cards.

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How about a simple Y cable that has one channel going to your speakers
and an open end to hook up to what you please? I do this on my shop
stereo and run the other leg of the Y to my input so I can have an
FM/AM radio on my computer too.

Yep


"Bibe" wrote in message
le.rogers.com...
Hi. I've been trying to figure out how to have my speakers and my
headphones plugged in at the same time. My speakers are Cambridge
SoundWorks, so these take both the front and rear outputs. As I've
got
no where to plug my headphones, I was wondering if there is a way
that I
can connect my case (Antec Sonata) front audio jacks to the Sound
Blaster card. I've spoken to a rep at Creative and he said that some
of
the Live! cards can do this. Has anyone done this, or does someone
have
a diagram?

Thanks.

It seems there is no other solution, so I guess I'll just have to do
that. Thanks.

Speeker wrote:
That's the same thing that I do. I've noticed no loss in signal. It works
great for me and saves me from having to reach all the way around to unplug
and plug in different cards.

On 9-Jul-2003, Bibe wrote:

Hi. I've been trying to figure out how to have my speakers and my
headphones plugged in at the same time. My speakers are Cambridge
SoundWorks, so these take both the front and rear outputs. As I've got
no where to plug my headphones, I was wondering if there is a way that I
can connect my case (Antec Sonata) front audio jacks to the Sound
Blaster card. I've spoken to a rep at Creative and he said that some of
the Live! cards can do this. Has anyone done this, or does someone have
a diagram?

I had trouble doing the opposite with my Live! Platinum. The software
switch that mutes the speakers didn't always work.

Some speakers have headphone jacks, but those that I've tried automatically
mute.

It's simple enough to get a "Y" jack for your headphones though.