You can get a receiver or an integrated amp , and hook it in parallel with your headphone amp using a pair of RCA Y cables completely independent control of speakers and headphones . Since there ' s no such thing as a 2 . 1 amp with proper bass management , your choices are 1 getting an AV receiver , or 2 going without bass management . OR you can get a power amp and feed it from valhalla ' s output shared volume control for headphones and speakers need to power on the valhalla to listen to the speakers . The advantage of this method is that you can easily hook up an external crossover to connect the subwoofer . <| sep |> I happen to be lucky enough to have a girlfriend who adores listening to me talk about my different worlds . She even tells me they ' re one of the reasons why she fell in love with me . Everyone else I talk about it with , though , are never very interested , except the people here on rworldbuilding . Doesn ' t matter , though , worldbuilding has been my # 1 hobby the last few years , and it is a strong enough passion that I ' ll probably never be discouraged from doing it .