james brouwer

Am trying to achieve 40 Headphone outs each playing a different Stereo tracks.

This doesn't have to be synced in anyway.

Would it be possible to have a Powered 24 port USB hub with 24 USB headphone sound cards, then Aggregate the sound cards ?

I have 3 mac mini's already (usb 2.0) and firewire 800 .

Has any one had any experience of using a large number of headphones at once with playing discrete stereo channels?

am trying to do it as cheaply as possible for an artist installation for 3 months.

I know that I could use media players , also it will be installed in a ceiling so access would be an issue, if things needed to be reset etc.

so can use remote desktop to control then etc.

Am trying to achieve 40 Headphone outs each playing a different  Stereo tracks. 

This doesn't have to be synced in anyway. 

Would it be possible to have a Powered 24 port USB hub with 24 USB headphone sound cards, then Aggregate the sound cards ? 

I have 3 mac mini's already (usb 2.0) and firewire 800 . 

 Has any one had any experience of using a large number of headphones at once with playing discrete stereo channels?

am trying to do it as cheaply as possible for an artist installation for 3 months. 

I know that I could use media players , also it will be installed in a ceiling  so access would be an issue, if things needed to be reset etc. 

so can use remote desktop to control then etc. 

40 headphones out