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Headphone outlet on SET amplifier

Hi,

I have an A.E.S.(Cary) 300B SET amplifier which has a headphone outlet. This is a secondary amp & hence is not connected to a pair of speakers.

I would like to to listen to my headphones through this amplifier using the second pre-out of my main preamp to run this amp. I don't want to remove & reconnect my speaker cables every time I want to listen to headphones.

My question, since the amp sees no load, will it be harmful to the amp in anyway, listning WITHOUT any speakers connected?

Thanks in advance,
dilly

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dilly OP
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Hi all, Thanks for the replies.

Pawlowski6132,
The headphone outlet is in the poweramp.

Onemug, Loonytunz,
What do you mean by a 'dummy load' ? A seperate pair of speakers just connected?

Metro04,
I was thinking the same thing. As you mention, there is a switch which changes between the speakers & phones. So generally in other amps the load is diverted to the phones?
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