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gclef101 · 3rd November 2005

Hi, new to forum:

I'm looking to buy an Audiophile 2496 PCI card to work with Protools M-Powered software. I've read the manual on it, and I still have a question about this cards output signal routing.

Q: My computer is a HP a824n and has a Realtek ALC 880 chipset on the motherboard as a primary sound I/O. I need the Audiophile 2496 for recording midi & Protools M-Powered, but the Audiophile doesn't have a headphone jack on it to plug into so I can hear my playbacks on it (can't afford studio monitors at this time) it only has coax L/R and S/PDIF I/O's on it. Can I still plug my headphones into the Realtek ALC 880 chipset headphones jack and hear my playbacks through the Realtek ALC 880 chipset, or do I need to use the S/PDIF or coax L/R outputs to a receiver and listen to the playback from the receiver?

I hope my question is clear and makes senses thanks!!!

3rd November 2005	#1
gclef101 Gear Head Joined: Nov 2005 Posts: 63 Thread Starter	Audiophile 2496??? Hi, new to forum: I'm looking to buy an Audiophile 2496 PCI card to work with Protools M-Powered software. I've read the manual on it, and I still have a question about this cards output signal routing. Q: My computer is a HP a824n and has a Realtek ALC 880 chipset on the motherboard as a primary sound I/O. I need the Audiophile 2496 for recording midi & Protools M-Powered, but the Audiophile doesn't have a headphone jack on it to plug into so I can hear my playbacks on it (can't afford studio monitors at this time) it only has coax L/R and S/PDIF I/O's on it. Can I still plug my headphones into the Realtek ALC 880 chipset headphones jack and hear my playbacks through the Realtek ALC 880 chipset, or do I need to use the S/PDIF or coax L/R outputs to a receiver and listen to the playback from the receiver? I hope my question is clear and makes senses thanks!!!