khawkins75 1 Posted May 24, 2018 Hi, I'm trying to setup my guitar to run through my desktop monitors. I tried running the amp direct out into the speakers, and it works, but the sound isn't very good. It seems muffled and distorted, even at lower volumes. Is this a known issue, or is there a setting to change? Also, if this isn't a good setup option, what would you recommend to use? I looked at getting an HD500X, then run that into the speakers, skipping the amp all together, but figured I'd try with what I have first. Thanks! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
psarkissian 292 Posted May 25, 2018 Impedance mis-match. Instrument Level signal going out into a Line Level signal input device. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
khawkins75 1 Posted May 25, 2018 Thanks. That's what I thought might be the issue. Would I have this same problem running an HD500X into powered speakers? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
psarkissian 292 Posted May 25, 2018 Yes. Need some pre-amp as a buffer amp in between. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
fflbrgst 1,837 Posted May 29, 2018 The Line Out/headphone out from a Spider 4 75 is not instrument level. khawkins75 - what speakers did you hook up? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jak_E_lee 10 Posted June 13, 2018 Get one of these.I did this on a spider 3.Hook it up to the speaker leads and then glue it inside the cab.I now have thes speaker running in my spider 3 and a DI feed to a desk Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
fflbrgst 1,837 Posted June 13, 2018 The solution above ^^ is taking the powered speaker output and paralleling it to more devices. Note that this could affect the amp's output circuit (running a parallel circuit will reduce the impedance seen by the amp circuit). It's also sending a powered signal to whatever device is being used - this could blow out components in an audio interface or computer's audio input. Not sure why the OP wants to hook up desktop speakers directly to the DI - the amp's built-in speaker will give the best tone. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jak_E_lee 10 Posted June 16, 2018 On 6/13/2018 at 8:04 AM, jak_E_lee said: Get one of these.I did this on a spider 3.Hook it up to the speaker leads and then glue it inside the cab.I now have thes speaker running in my spider 3 and a DI feed to a desk This device can be screwed down so its an extremley low unpowered feed into a desk. I been using it on a spider 3 with no adverse affect and its a more true tonal pattern to using the headphone out. Also have my spider 3 altered at the phones port with a flick switch so i can either have the amp speaker on or off which is what I previously used...until I got this converter....streets ahead of the headphone port as a DI,just keep the converter set at minumum Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
