The signal going out to external speakers is obvious going to be hotter than for headphones because larger speakers need to be driven but headphone output is still hotter than line, and line more than mic level. Original message: Message-ID: <20030518142523.50390.qmail at web41613.mail.yahoo.com> Date: Sun, 18 May 2003 07:25:23 -0700 (PDT) From: Norm Lamoureux <normdlamoureux at yahoo.com> Subject: [MacDV] Re: Recording Audio cassettes to CD Thank's Dave, I guess I was mislead. Do headphones require the same power as external speakers? I was told that headphones only use preamp power. Is this not true. Thank's Norm -- David Thrasher 5631 Ovid Avenue Des Moines, Iowa 50310-1719 USA e-mail: idave at earthlink.net eBay name: daveindezmenez