Here is a Rube Goldberg method. Put splitters on your pre-amp out puts. Plug your amp into one side, and some RCA to headphone adaptor cables into the other. Plug your headphones into the adaptor and listen. If your pre-amp has enuf gain and there is not a gross capacitance mismatch it might work quite well.
Can you convert a pre-amp to a headphone amp?
Hi Audiogoners,
I have a Rogue Perseus Pre-amp going into a Spectron Musician 3 power amp and Martin Logan SL3 speakers. It sounds great. However, (and here's the rub) the neighbors are less impressed. I would like to do some headphone listening later in the evening. Is there a way to use the pre-amp (or even the power amp) as a headphone amp by connecting some sort of box in there. Ideally it would be something passive so as not to degrade the signal quality (and maybe cost less).
Does such a thing exist, or do I need to get a dedicated headphone amp such as the Musical Fidelity XCan V3?
Thanks in advance,
Tony
I have a Rogue Perseus Pre-amp going into a Spectron Musician 3 power amp and Martin Logan SL3 speakers. It sounds great. However, (and here's the rub) the neighbors are less impressed. I would like to do some headphone listening later in the evening. Is there a way to use the pre-amp (or even the power amp) as a headphone amp by connecting some sort of box in there. Ideally it would be something passive so as not to degrade the signal quality (and maybe cost less).
Does such a thing exist, or do I need to get a dedicated headphone amp such as the Musical Fidelity XCan V3?
Thanks in advance,
Tony
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