Can I use a headphone tube pre amp as a pre amp for my speakers?

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Hello,

I am looking to buy a BK 6JL tube/ valve pre amp on ebay, its relatively inexpensive, it is listed as a headphone amp buy it has left/right phono in and out.

Will I able to connect this to my audio technica lp60 turntable and then to my samsung 200w speakers (to the amplifier which drives those).

Finally, will this produce a louder/ better sound, you know the warmth that audiophiles reckon tubes produce.

Thanks in advance

 

[davedotco]

There are a few such pre-amps on e-bay, you need to check the following.

That it has analogue inputs, that the analogue outputs are variable and will produce about 1 volt output.

Then if your player is the version with the built in phono stage with analogue out, then it will work and you are good to go.

 

[shafesk]

Hi, yes it will probably make things louder but unless your amp is just a power amplifier you are not going to make things sound better by connecting a headphone amplifier to an integrated amplifier. Also, this won't be exactly the kind of tube amp that audiophiles talk about.

 

[davedotco]

If it's cheap, buy one to play with.

You will learn more with 'hands on' experience than spending weeks on forums.