If the input on your stereo is able to handle the higher voltage OK, you might get decent results. These things are not very rigidly spec’d and different combinations of components will produce different results. When you turn the player’s volume down so that you don’t overdrive the input, the volume level is much lower than normal line input and you have to turn your stereo way up to compensate. Also, at higher volumes, the player’s internal amp could be distorting as well (not really the case with Clip/Fuze). Usually, to get the level in the “normal” range from a headphone output you have to turn the player’s volume up so far that the voltage output exceeds what a line in expects and you’ll get distortion (i.e. Line out/in and headphones have significantly different voltage and impedance. ![]() Hook up any normal line level component like a CD or DVD player to your stereo and listen to it, then plug your MP3 player into the same input via headphone and you will absolutely notice a volume difference (and possibly a quality difference). Just remember to set your volume on the Fuze low first and than adjust accordingly.įorm past discussion, I know thoma disagrees, but the difference in level is usually quite obvious. you’ll beusing your stereo’s amp, instead of passing through double amps, but trust me you won’t notice the difference. true, line out is clearer because it is level and does not pass through an amp. This is NOT true, headphone out has higher dB levels because it goes through the preamp built into the player. “Headphone output is much lower level than normal line in/out.” I hope this helps clear up some details about these two docking wrote: The Griffin also lacks the audio clarity I was hoping for so now I am stuck scratching my head trying to find a good way of getting high level line-out audio into my stereo from any mp3 player. The worst part about the Griffin dock is the fact the internal amplifier saturates at a volume on the Fuze at around 5/8 volume and can not provide any additional amplitude to the line-out. ![]() The Griffin dock is also an amplified headphone out signal. Another discouraging thing is that I also purchased the Griffin docking station for the Fuze at the same time as I purchased the SDAMX-BST (since the Griffin docking station was only $15 and will soon be discontinued, I thought I might as well get it too) and it is no better. I was hoping it would be a true high level line-out with good quality audio, but looks like I will be using this only for small desktop speakers at best. I had to turn the volume on the Fuze almost all the way up to get any real signal strength out of it and even then the audio stage was lacking. I was hoping to use this to listen to my player through my stereo system, but the line-out signal is too weak and way too flat (complete lack of amplitude for low frequency/mid-range frequency signals). It appears the line-out is only an amplified version of the headphone output. I thought the docking station would have a true line-out signal coming from the Fuze. This last point was a disappointment to me. The power button on the remote works, the play/pause button works, the track advance and reverse works - and so does the volume up and down. ![]() The Fuze did plug into the docking station without any mechanical adapter on the base station. The mechanical adapters did not work with the Fuze (as expected since they are for the e-series only). Well, I got the SDAMX-BST docking station to use with my 8GB Fuze and gave it a try yesterday.
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