sambrox
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SSL Nucleus headphone output
#963637 - 12/01/12 04:18 PM
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Hi all. Just a quickie. Will I be getting the best from my Beyer Dynamic DT880
Pro headphones with the built-in headphone output of my SSL Nucleus? The DT880s are the
250 ohm variants. On SSL's website, the rating for the headphone output looks like this :
 To
be perfectly honest, those specs go right over my head, so if anyone who's more tech-savvy
would help me out, that'd be much appreciated. Cheers! Sam
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Jonnypopisical
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Re: SSL Nucleus headphone output
[Re: sambrox]
#963643 - 12/01/12 04:33 PM
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Call me crazy but why don't you plug them in and try them 
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Hugh Robjohns
SOS Technical Editor
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Re: SSL Nucleus headphone output
[Re: sambrox]
#963650 - 12/01/12 04:53 PM
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The Nucleus headphone amp is quite respectable and it will work fine with your Beyers.
However, if you are particularly demanding there are better standalone headphone amps out
there, like the Benchmark DAC1, the Grace Design M903 and several others...
But
I'd get used to the Nucleus first and decide whether or not it does what you require
before looking for alternatives. I suspect you'll be quite happy with it.
Hugh
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skipstream
Joined: 09/01/12
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Loc: Cheshire, UK
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Re: SSL Nucleus headphone output
[Re: sambrox]
#963721 - 12/01/12 10:21 PM
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Off topic a little but to the OP - you have a Nucleus obviously and it's something on my
wish list. But I also want to get a slave PC and VE Pro to link to my master PC - the
slave will be running my samples and the master my DAW etc. VE Pro handles the network
side of things between the 2. It uses ethernet.
So, onto my question - am I
right in thinking that the Nucleus also uses the ethernet to connect to the DAW as if so,
I can't use both by the sounds of it
Thanks and sorry for off topic Q.
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Jabba1
Joined: 19/11/07
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Loc: Aylesbury
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Re: SSL Nucleus headphone output
[Re: skipstream]
#963744 - 13/01/12 12:13 AM
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Quote skipstream:
Off topic a
little but to the OP - you have a Nucleus obviously and it's something on my wish list.
+1.
God yes... I could afford it but doubt I've got the talent to make such an
investment justifiable! 
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sambrox
Joined: 20/12/08
Posts: 191
Loc: Denmark
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Re: SSL Nucleus headphone output
[Re: sambrox]
#963798 - 13/01/12 11:12 AM
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Quote:
Call me crazy but why
don't you plug them in and try them
Yes yes, but what I wanted to know was if I would be getting the best out of them.
Obviously, that's hard to know when you have nothing to judge it against...
Quote:
But I'd get used to
the Nucleus first and decide whether or not it does what you require before looking for
alternatives. I suspect you'll be quite happy with it.
Ah, thanks Hugh. That was the answer I was hoping for!
Quote:
So, onto my question - am
I right in thinking that the Nucleus also uses the ethernet to connect to the DAW as if
so, I can't use both by the sounds of it
It does indeed use the ethernet port for the control surface functions,
whereas the audio interface functions via USB.
Quote:
I could afford it but doubt I've got the talent to
make such an investment justifiable!
I'm not sure I have the talent either, but I landed a couple of lucky punches and scored
a couple of ad jobs. This one earned me the equivalent of £12,500, so the missus couldn't
complain too much about me spunking two-and-a-half on the SSL 
Cheers all!
Sam
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