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<blockquote data-quote="Guy Graham" data-source="post: 114915" data-attributes="member: 1944">Re: Headphone amplifierI&#039;m slightly surprised QSC seem to be the first to advertise their paired IEM-oriented aux outs as being specifically designed to drive hardwired IEMs.I know that some people are already managing to do this from regular aux outputs, but it seems like a feature that would naturally have a place (and cost little to provide) on boards like the Allen &amp; Heath Qu series - where they have already designed the monitor outputs to include fixed stereo pairs. Even on a digital board with upgradable firmware, I would think this particular feature may be difficult to implement in future upgrades; it seems like a hardware limitation - though I could well be wrong as I&#039;m no expert in mixing desk engineering issues.I guess companies like A&amp;H that already have personal monitoring solutions could be reluctant to add functionality that might compromise sales of an existing product.The new QSC Touchmix looks like it would make a great sub-mixers for keyboards and computer tracks, where there is built in ability to send an IEM mix, including click if needed, to both the keyboard player and drummer - as well as sending several sub-mixed keyboard (and/or e-drum) outputs plus the click to the house.Sent from my GT-I8160&nbsp; 2</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Guy Graham, post: 114915, member: 1944"] Re: Headphone amplifier I'm slightly surprised QSC seem to be the first to advertise their paired IEM-oriented aux outs as being specifically designed to drive hardwired IEMs. I know that some people are already managing to do this from regular aux outputs, but it seems like a feature that would naturally have a place (and cost little to provide) on boards like the Allen & Heath Qu series - where they have already designed the monitor outputs to include fixed stereo pairs. Even on a digital board with upgradable firmware, I would think this particular feature may be difficult to implement in future upgrades; it seems like a hardware limitation - though I could well be wrong as I'm no expert in mixing desk engineering issues. I guess companies like A&H that already have personal monitoring solutions could be reluctant to add functionality that might compromise sales of an existing product. The new QSC Touchmix looks like it would make a great sub-mixers for keyboards and computer tracks, where there is built in ability to send an IEM mix, including click if needed, to both the keyboard player and drummer - as well as sending several sub-mixed keyboard (and/or e-drum) outputs plus the click to the house. Sent from my GT-I8160 2 [/QUOTE]

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