Headphone connection problem.

[gillywibble]

This is really getting on my nerves.

I have Sennheiser HD555's which are great, but they come standard with a quarter inch jack. I therefore need a quarter to 3 mil converter and have tried the straight short ones and also a Grado adapter which worked the best.

The problem is that the adapter is placed at the front of the PC in the headphone socket, and doesn't last long through being knocked/kicked etc (CSS over excitement ).

I've tried connecting through the speaker port at the back with a dual adapter but a) it's not as loud and b) it's unstable (too many adapters in one go).

I've thought about getting a headphone amp, or even re-wiring the headphones.

Can anyone recommend a decent (but cheapish) amp or is it easy to re-wire? I've got a soldering gun but i'm no Clint Eastwood.

Thanks.

 

[C64]

why are you splitting it at the back ? plugging it directly into the soundcard will give the best results only cheapish headphone amp I can find is the PROJECT HEADBOX Mk2 HEADPHONE AMPLIFIER this is what annoys me with soundcards they should all have 2 stereo outs one for speakers one for headphones