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Anti-Hero
Feb 26, 2004
This might not be the right thread for it, but I'll go ahead and ask. Does there exist some kind of audio headphone/speaker switch box that's audiophile grade? I have a set of 4.1 ProMedia's that I occasionally listen to multimedia through/play games on, but generally I use my Sennheisser 558s. I know most sound cards have a feature where they disable the speaker output when the headphones are plugged in, but I prefer just keeping everything plugged in and would like some kind of hardware switch to change the output. Right now I just have to reach up and turn off the speakers and change the sound channels from 5.1 to stereo, but if there is something more streamlined out there I'd love to know about it.

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Anti-Hero
Feb 26, 2004

DinosaurHouseParty posted:

5.1. . . right. Technically the above dongle should still work.

What I had going for his exact same problem was I had onboard and a XONAR DG going at the same time. It was still a few clicks away from being a tactile switch so maybe he could utilize both options.

This is precisely the solution I came up with after thinking about it for a bit. I just ordered a Xonar DGX and will use that for the headphones and the onboard sound for the ProMedias.

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