Depends on the phones...

Posted by Triode_Kingdom (A) on August 12, 2014 at 07:20:55

In Reply to: All Tube Headphone Amp Options posted by jaydacus on August 7, 2014 at 19:58:57:

Which headphones are you using? My Grados are 32 ohm, and they work very well directly from my DIY amplifier. The amp was designed primarily to drive speakers, with only four amplifier tubes (2X EF86/6V6) and about 4.5 output each channel. The headphone jack is driven from the 8 Ohm transformer output, padded down with four resistors. The headphone output was pretty much an afterthought when I was designing the amplifier, just to have additional functionality until I could put together a dedicated amp. However, there appears to be a very high level of synergy with the Grados. Sound quality is extremely detailed and transparent, so much so that I've nearly abandoned my earlier thoughts about having a dedicated headphone amplifier. My point is that if you are using lower Z phones, say 150 ohms or less, you might consider buying a small SET amplifier and putting together an interface for the phones. That really opens up a lot of possibilities when you're looking for a high-quality, all-tube amplifier.

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Topic - All Tube Headphone Amp Options - jaydacus 19:58:57 08/07/14 (17)

Ain't a damn thing wrong with the Schiit Valhalla.... - AnalogDog 06:55:26 10/29/14 (0)

I currently have the Little Dot MK3 - golgi 19:26:49 08/26/14 (0)

RE: All Tube Headphone Amp Options - jperry 07:13:01 08/24/14 (1)

RE: "Power is 1.8 wpc triode and 6/0 wpc pentode" - Ivan303 07:30:13 08/26/14 (0)

Heard something at CAS5 at SF Airport last weekend that truly amazed.. - Ivan303 09:22:59 08/22/14 (3)

Looks like Schiit. -nt - Steve Jones 10:12:10 09/08/14 (0)

RE: Heard something at CAS5 at SF Airport last weekend that truly amazed.. - Tre' 11:48:45 08/22/14 (1)

Not sure they do, but you certainly can get 10-12 watts from a SE KT-88 in UL... - Ivan303 17:51:35 08/22/14 (0)

Why no love for Decware csp3? - Mike K 19:38:37 08/12/14 (1)

RE: Why no love for Decware csp3? - genungo 19:50:21 08/12/14 (0)

Depends on the phones... - Triode_Kingdom 07:20:55 08/12/14 (0)

it's more money - mbnx01 11:38:02 08/09/14 (0)

RE: All Tube Headphone Amp Options - Travis 07:48:51 08/08/14 (0)

Woo Audio WA6 SET tube headphone amp. Nt - geoffkait 07:16:18 08/08/14 (0)

Bottlehead Crack - Bill Way 20:03:48 08/07/14 (2)

RE: Bottlehead Crack - golgi 08:52:24 09/13/14 (1)

RE: Bottlehead Crack - Bill Way 09:13:38 09/13/14 (0)

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