Why a headphone amp


I am looking to sell my setup and maybe get some nice headphones. I have theta enterprise monoblocks so it occurs to me why does one need a special "headphone amp" when I already have good amps. Can one connect headphones to conventional amps? Thanks
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Showing 1 response by nsgarch

There are a handful of manufacturers that offer headphone 'interface' units that allow you to drive headphones from a conventional amplifier's loudspeaker taps. They are inexpensive (compared to a decent tube or ss headphone amp) and shouldn't be considered a permanent solution. But could be an an inexpensive way for you to try out headphone listening without spending a lot of money on gear.

Driving a pair of low impedance headphones directly from a conventional preamp can also work while you're just in the "proof of concept" stage ;~))