Get a pair of Stax Electrostatics and hook them up via their converter box to the back of your power amp. It's just a hassle to connect/disconnect the box. Or really spend the money and buy a dedicated stax amp. you can plug your source directly into the better stax headphone amps as they have a volume control.
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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