It does have line level outs for front and rear. They sound exactly like the headphone output at maximum volume.

FWIW, the Creative rep responded to my newsgroup post and said that the line out and headphone out should not have identical behavior. I may have had a defective unit (or I may not have). I don't feel like finding out. I'll just take out the second mortgage for the Empeg which is really what I wanted all along.

-Dylan


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