Sound Noob - HD595 headphones - z5400 speakers - X-Fi Xtreme Music

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Hi guys

Bit of a sound noob here so apologies if my questions are daft!

My kit:
  • Sennheiser HD595
  • Logitech z-5400
  • Creative X-Fi Xtreme Music
I've had the above for over 10 years and they must be my longest running PC purchases, really great value for money :)

The issue is switching from speakers to headphones. I don't find the headphone out on the z-5400 to be powerful enough to drive the 595s well, at least compared to the output from the soundcard. But I don't want to have to fiddle about behind my PC to switch. What are my options? Is there a switch/toggle you can get that would still provide decent power for the 595s?

Ideally I'd like the soundcard/OS to be able to detect when the output device changes between headphones/speakers but wouldn't know if that's possible.

Cheers guys
 
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