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Headphone connect direct to Amp

Are there any headphones that can connect directly to an amplifier's speaker posts? I imagine that higher end headphones, or "cans" I guess to our fellow audiophiles accross the pond, have interchangeable cables with perhaps spades, bannas, etc??? Just curious.

Signed,

"Only enough money for headphones but have a source and shopping for a SET integrated which may or may not have a headphone jack."
pawlowski6132
pawlowski6132 OP
592 posts
 
As a follow up to my own post, is this the best way to go? What are the relative advantages in sound quality by plugging: 1) directly into the source? my cd player has a headphone jack with volume control 2)Buying a tubed preamp with a headpone jack 3) dedicated headphone amp 4) intgrated amp with headhone jack 4) speaker posts of SET amp?
rec
328 posts
 
I believe that the AKG K1000 headphones connect directly to the speaker post of an amp.
programmergeek
322 posts
 
ck out headfi.com any headphones can connect to the posts the problem is that the amps are not made to put out .5w of power it usally takes several whatts to get a rich sound which would blow the headphone. You could put in a resester but that changes the sound. You could try comming out of the pre out. But the best bet is get a headphone amp.

Youu may find a off brand set that could handel a couple of whatts but I do not konw of any "good" phones that will.
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