MoreCowbell
Headphoneus Supremus
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I am sure I am missing something here...
I'm guessing it'll be obvious by my questions that I'm an electronics dolt but I'm gonna let 'er snap anyhow. Here's my pondering: Your basic headphone amp is actually an integrated amp in the floor standing speaker world. You have an amplification stage and a pre-amp stage, however simple or complex it may be. Well why? I have a perfectly good pre-amp already. I'd like to find a real headphone amp, that is: line in and headphone out. Volume and switching coming from my pre-amp. No? Amplify what ever signal it gets. What really got me think about this is my cd player. It has volume control onboard. I see a nice balanced out to a balanced in on a true amp. Balanced in and a balanced set of heaphone outs... done.
Sorry if this has been covered before. I had no idea what to search on...
I'm guessing it'll be obvious by my questions that I'm an electronics dolt but I'm gonna let 'er snap anyhow. Here's my pondering: Your basic headphone amp is actually an integrated amp in the floor standing speaker world. You have an amplification stage and a pre-amp stage, however simple or complex it may be. Well why? I have a perfectly good pre-amp already. I'd like to find a real headphone amp, that is: line in and headphone out. Volume and switching coming from my pre-amp. No? Amplify what ever signal it gets. What really got me think about this is my cd player. It has volume control onboard. I see a nice balanced out to a balanced in on a true amp. Balanced in and a balanced set of heaphone outs... done.
Sorry if this has been covered before. I had no idea what to search on...