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02-02-2013, 03:45 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: California | | | Do Headphone Adapters Change the Sound?
Quick question: Does anyone know if using a 1/4" to 1/8" adapter will change the sound in a noticeable way?
I'm considering buying some headphones that are 1/4" but my equipment has the 1/8" jack, so I'll need the adapter.
It's probably not a big deal but I just want to make sure.
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02-02-2013, 04:11 PM
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02-02-2013, 04:14 PM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Takoma Park, MD (DC) | | | It's half the size - only half as much sound can get through |
02-02-2013, 04:43 PM
|  | No need to ask, he's a smooth... Moderator | | Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: West Midlands UK | | | Most phones come with the adaptor supplied. It won't have any effect on the sound at all (and although Jim's just kidding in the post above, in the crazy world of audiophiles there'll undoubtedly be someone daft enough to believe that they can really hear a difference).
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02-02-2013, 05:21 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Western Pennsylvania | | | Well, there will be some degradation, which is inherent in any system. But it won't be noticeable unless you chained like 20 together, maybe. |
02-02-2013, 06:24 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Long Island, NY | | | if you made a chain of 8 of them, you'd notice. i'd imagine weaker subs and less glassy highs.
just one to change the plug? not an issue. |
02-02-2013, 07:17 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Listowel/KW Ontario | | | Buy Grado SR80i, forget about needing the adapter and have great headphones.
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02-02-2013, 07:25 PM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Austin, Tx, USA, Earth | | | It depends. Gold sounds different than Nickel, and plain Steel is the worst of all. I have a solid Gold adapter that I can sell you, it's got less than 0.1 dB signal loss across the spectrum and sounds absolutely PIMP!
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02-02-2013, 07:40 PM
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02-02-2013, 10:57 PM
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Originally Posted by Jim Nazium It's half the size - only half as much sound can get through | Marketing director at Monster/Beats?
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02-03-2013, 08:52 AM
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Originally Posted by Gazman Marketing director at Monster/Beats? | I lol'd.
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02-03-2013, 09:01 AM
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Originally Posted by kanonfodr I have a solid Gold adapter that I can sell you | Obviously. |
02-03-2013, 09:24 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: tulsa oklahoma | | | Yes. will you notice? Probably not
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02-03-2013, 09:36 AM
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No. Nearly all headphones come with an 1/8 inch plug AND an adapter up to 1/4 even the $1000 jobs. |
02-03-2013, 03:24 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: California | | | Thanks fellas.
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02-03-2013, 07:02 PM
| | | | Check the 1/4" plug on the phones before you buy an adaptor.
Some unscrew to expose an 1/8" plug. | | Thread Tools | Search this Thread | | | | 
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