Dusty Chalk
Head-Fi-holic: With headphones would just be a benny.
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Someone mentioned a headphone amplifier I hadn't heard of before (the QED MB45), so I went looking around for the information on it -- seems pretty reasonable at CA$225 -- and found this other thing which got me to thinking. They have this device, the MA18 headphone volume control, which is designed to be connected to the speaker outs of your regular power amplifier...has anyone tried this yet? What does it do, shunt some of the power into head? How is the sound quality? I really want to try this with some insanely high quality amp, like my Manley Stingray (integrated tube amp) or my Musical Fidelity A3CR...what would that sound like without a preamp, I wonder? Also, I'm not sure I would need a volume control on an integrated amp, so my question becomes, what else does it do, besides convert the speaker binding posts to a 1/4 inch headphone jack? Does it shunt any of the power into heat, convert amps to volts, what?
http://www.qed.co.uk/files/qed_acc.pdf
http://www.qed.co.uk/files/qed_acc.pdf