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Headphone outlet on SET amplifier
Hi,
I have an A.E.S.(Cary) 300B SET amplifier which has a headphone outlet. This is a secondary amp & hence is not connected to a pair of speakers.
I would like to to listen to my headphones through this amplifier using the second pre-out of my main preamp to run this amp. I don't want to remove & reconnect my speaker cables every time I want to listen to headphones.
My question, since the amp sees no load, will it be harmful to the amp in anyway, listning WITHOUT any speakers connected?
Thanks in advance,
I have an A.E.S.(Cary) 300B SET amplifier which has a headphone outlet. This is a secondary amp & hence is not connected to a pair of speakers.
I would like to to listen to my headphones through this amplifier using the second pre-out of my main preamp to run this amp. I don't want to remove & reconnect my speaker cables every time I want to listen to headphones.
My question, since the amp sees no load, will it be harmful to the amp in anyway, listning WITHOUT any speakers connected?
Thanks in advance,
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For the sake of expedience, try this. A headphone jack is usually an afterthought and will often have its own separate amplifier. In looking at the owner's manual of a Cary 300 SEI, I see that unit has a switch used to connect the main amplifier to the headphone jack. How that relates to your unit, I don't know. Just be sure that the main amplifier outputs are indeed connected to the headphone jack, or a load of some kind, before using it. |
Hi all, Thanks for the replies. Pawlowski6132, The headphone outlet is in the poweramp. Onemug, Loonytunz, What do you mean by a 'dummy load' ? A seperate pair of speakers just connected? Metro04, I was thinking the same thing. As you mention, there is a switch which changes between the speakers & phones. So generally in other amps the load is diverted to the phones? |