playback

["Scott Fraser" scottbfraser]

<<I want to do birdsong playbacks for my study. I will be using
Marantz PMD 671 for the purpose and Saul Mineroff speaker. There are
two ways of connecting the speaker to the recorder/player ' via line
out and headphone socket. I will like to know the merits and demerits
of each way of connecting the speaker?>>

Although it is feasible to use the headphone output to drive an
amplifier, it is not recommended since it is a high level amplified
signal easily capable of overloading subsequent circuits. Far better
to use the line out, which is a fixed level output designed
specifically for driving line inputs on amplifiers. The levels will
match & the impedance is optimized.

Scott Fraser