Quick Question about a Receivers Headphone Out

[dbcoder]

Hey, I'm really looking into it being worthwhile for me, a poor, music loving, college student, to buy an amp (thinking mini 3 atm).

My father has a decent receiver, which has a headphone out, and I'm wondering: would that be an example of what a decently amped signal?

The receiver is a Sony STR-DE505 ( http://img502.imageshack.us/img502/4...trd5051qd9.jpg )

Grado SR-80s would be plugged in.

 

[Nick 214]

I find that using the "phone out" on many receivers can be hit and miss. Most of the time it is a miss.

From what I've found, many headphone stages built into receivers (and higher end integrated amps for that matter) are poorly designed, and badly implemented.

The only real way to test the quality would be to test it against an amp which you (or someone near you) knows well.

NK

 

[Robgo]

I had a panasonic XR-55 and I thought the headphone out on it kind of sucked. I'm going to try a tubeamp instead.

 

[dbcoder]

Well, I originally thought it could be amped a bit, but it sounds JUST like the source. Damn. I'll never be able to hear an amp .

 

[Capunk]

I have Yamaha Natural Sound Stereo Amp A-420, old and vintage - been using the headphone out before I got my first true headamp, and they sound totally FLAT compared to normal headamp.