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Front vs. Rear Jacks

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1 minute ago, HunterSVK said:

Heyo guys!

I got a question, is there a difference between pluging headphones in rear\front jack? Does the rear one have better quality, or it really doesn't matter?

Thank you in advace!

Quality is the same, unless you have some serious electrical interference. The main difference is that the rear jacks can often be repurposed for surround sound.

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1 minute ago, HunterSVK said:

Heyo guys!

I got a question, is there a difference between pluging headphones in rear\front jack? Does the rear one have better quality, or it really doesn't matter?

Thank you in advace!

Quality is the same, unless you have some serious electrical interference. The main difference is that the rear jacks can often be repurposed for surround sound.

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Front might have some EMI, but otherwise doesn't matter. 

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For example the ASUS Maximus VII Hero motherboard runs its Supreme FX stuff only through the front headphone and mic.

Basically it allows for amp, with software gain, and effects.

If your motherboard manual doesn't mention anything specific about the headphone ports I really doubt it'll make a difference

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