Using headphone output from an intergrated amp


I am in a phase of being obssessed with headphones. My simple question is : Do I need to have the intergrated amp connected to a speakers while I am using the headphone output?

I have read somewhere that " never turn the amp volume up without being connect to a load, ie. speakers ".

I prefer not to have any speakers to connect to my intergrated amp but the headphone to the headphone output.
andrewdoan

Showing 1 response by hotmailjbc

i have read this about tube amps but never solid state. i have used several integrateds as a pre to a amp with no load on the speaker outputs on the integrated. on every amp i have ever used when you plug the headphones in it bypasses the speakers. but i,m not the final word here by any means. what amplifier do you have?