Does that Nomad Jukebox only have one headphone output? No line-level outs?

Actually, it has two line-outs in addition to the headphone out. The two line outs can either be identical, or used for pseudo-surround courtesy of the "EAX" DSP. (A TMS320-series chip)

If so, that's probably the reason- most headphone outputs don't sound good when plugged into line level inputs. Your complaints fall right into line with what I would expect a headphone output to sound like when plugged into
a line-input.

I'd guess that Dylan used the right output for the job. That said, the DSP UI is byzantine enough that I could see shooting yourself in the foot. I really haven't tried listening to it through a real system. I'll try that in the morning.

The headphone volume complaint is very real. I had the volume set to 18 (of 20) for "normal" listening volume in a quiet office. This clearly won't cut it on an airplane.




-Zandr
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