why don't tubed amps have headphone jacks?


I can understand that vintage amps usually didn't because the state of phones in the 50's was rather primitive and phones weren't useful 'til stereo came in strongly. Why no phones jacks now?
joe_in_seattle

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Keep in mind that cans are usually 32ohm, so the amp would 'see' much less of a load, putting out approximately 1/4 of the power as it would into an 8ohm speaker.

Normal listening levels for a 90db/meter speaker requires only a few watts, if you quarter that, you really aren't putting much into a set of cans with the volume knob at the same level.