Can anyone enlighten me please? I have a Blues Cube at home, and just out of interest connected the 1/4" line out to my aging Denon hi-fi. The cable I have is a stereo mini-jack to dual RCA, which I have used with total success when connected to one of those Apple wifi thingys when streaming iTunes. Admittedly I had to use a 1/4" adaptor on the mini-jack, which may well be flaky, but the sound seemed lifeless and the volume on the Denon needed pushing up past half-way.
I assume the "aux" input source which I have been using to stream is the correct one and there should be enough of a level? It could be the 1/4" adaptor actually, when I use it on the headphones it came with the sound does seem to lack something.
I ask because I'm getting my old separates back from my parents soon, and I want to set this hi-fi up in the spare room where my guitar stuff is. So my grand plan is to get hold of some sort of modeller to run through the separates and out of the hi-fi speakers, hence wanting to find out if this method still feels sufficiently "real" to be satisfying to play.
Thanks muchly for any advice!
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If you don't have a turntable connected, you could try the Phono input - that will have a lot more gain and a different EQ that will beef things up a bit, although it will also increase noise. Be careful not to overdrive the Phono preamp or it will sound very nasty.
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Be very careful putting guitar through hi fi speakers. The HF, especially distorted mid to HF can burn out tweeters.
Yes, the emulation will help but treat such a setup as low level practice only and while I am here, be VERY careful with a bass geeetar!
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It's less likely to cause trouble if you're using an emulated source since that will take off the most damaging frequencies - they're the ones a guitar speaker doesn't really reproduce anyway, which is why it sounds bad just DI'ing without emulation.
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Just seems like a workable solution, with me possibly selling the Blues Cube and running through the hi-fi with a modeller of some sort. I may then, down the line, buy some proper monitors.
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