[Jhawkins]

Does anyone know if it is possible to hook up balanced headphones into the balanced outputs on a cd player that has a built in preamp/volume control?   
 
In particular I have an Audio Aero Capitole mkII se cd player with the preamp section.  
 
Headphones are:
 
Grado 325is
Sennheiser hd650
Akg k702
HifiMan he-400
 
Just curious, and don't want to try it without some idea of what might happen.
 
Thanks

 

[Jhawkins]

Also,
 
The Audio Aero can output up to 5.O Volts RMS.
Has 100 ohm output impedance.
 
I am interested in getting to know my headphones better, and figure removing my headphone amp from the equation would remove a big variable.  
 
Is this just a stupid idea?  I don't know how to interpret the stats of the audio aero concerning the headphones I have.
 
Any thoughts?
 
Thanks.

 

[ProtegeManiac]

Quote:

The Audio Aero can output up to 5.O Volts RMS.
Has 100 ohm output impedance.
 

Is this just a stupid idea?  I don't know how to interpret the stats of the audio aero concerning the headphones I have.
 

 
 
It may have those two specs - voltage and impedance - but it's not necessarily producing the same signal as an amplifier. I forgot the technical explanation for it, but basically it isn't producing a signal primarily measurable in (mili)watts, which is what you need for transducers. So basically, I wouldn't try it unless a more technical guy says its safe.