Mike Wazowski
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Yes, you'll get much better quality from a dedicated headphone amplifier. From a non-technical point of view, the way you can think about it is that all the money you pay go for better headphone sound. Technically, my understanding is that component ("speaker") amps are really for speakers. Some will not have any headphone output at all. Those that do have a phone output will have only a minor, much "weaker" amplifier circuit serving the headphones. So that even a $200 dedicated headphone amp will give you better sound.
Originally Posted by bf2008 /img/forum/go_quote.gif Hi. So why do you use that headphone amplifier and not the headphone output from a speaker amplifier? Is the quality better? |
Yes, you'll get much better quality from a dedicated headphone amplifier. From a non-technical point of view, the way you can think about it is that all the money you pay go for better headphone sound. Technically, my understanding is that component ("speaker") amps are really for speakers. Some will not have any headphone output at all. Those that do have a phone output will have only a minor, much "weaker" amplifier circuit serving the headphones. So that even a $200 dedicated headphone amp will give you better sound.