No headphones socket

[dezebell]

Hi I have a turntable,amp,and cd player. I would like to listen to my turntable on headphones. But there is no headphones socket on my amp. However there is one on the cd player. Is there any way I can use this to listen to my turntable.
Thanks

 

[DougK1]

Don't think so, your best route might be a cheap head amp.

 

[dezebell]

Don't think so, your best route might be a cheap head amp.

Thanks are the cheap ones any good?

 

[DougK1]

What is your budget? And what is the rest of your kit, make/brand/model?

 

[dezebell]

What is your budget? And what is the rest of your kit, make/brand/model?

Hi I have a pioneer deck, a Cambridge amp,and an Ariston cd player. £30 budget.

 

[DougK1]

I have no experience of head amps in this price range but you need something to plug them into so I guess anything is better than what you have at present. You'll need RCA connection from your amp so look for RCA input on the head amp. Amazon is probably the best place to look, a couple of names could be Behringer and Fosi, failing that maybe any other Chinese brand.
N.B. Please ensure your Cambridge amp has a tape or rec output.
Any questions just come back, there's plenty of guys on here who can help, including me.

 

[Steve983]

I was interested in this question and went looking on EBay

HiFi MM MC Phono Stage Preamp Home Stereo Turntable Amplifier Mini Headphone Amp | eBay

MM/MC phono preamp: converts phono signal to line level signal, low-noise integrated circuits and high-quality components are designed to ensure clear sound; with a MM/MC switch on the bottom, easy to select to match different kinds of turntables. LINE and 3.5mm headphone outputs: with stereo...

www.ebay.co.uk

This little unit would solve your problem although I have no idea about the resulting sound quality.
Just plug the phono lead from your T/T into the input and then an output lead can go to your amp - not to the phono input but a 'line level' input like the Aux. You can then plug your headphones into this and won't need your amp on if just listening through headphones.

 

[dezebell]

I have no experience of head amps in this price range but you need something to plug them into so I guess anything is better than what you have at present. You'll need RCA connection from your amp so look for RCA input on the head amp. Amazon is probably the best place to look, a couple of names could be Behringer and Fosi, failing that maybe any other Chinese brand.
N.B. Please ensure your Cambridge amp has a tape or rec output.
Any questions just come back, there's plenty of guys on here who can help, including me.

I found a pre amp for £40. It's brilliant. HiFi MM MC Stereo Turntable Amplifier Mini Headphone Stage Preamp Headphone Amp. Got it on eBay. Can use my headphones. And it makes the my hifi sound awesome. Has bass treble and volume. For the money I would highly recommend.

 

[DougK1]

I found a pre amp for £40. It's brilliant. HiFi MM MC Stereo Turntable Amplifier Mini Headphone Stage Preamp Headphone Amp. Got it on eBay. Can use my headphones. And it makes the my hifi sound awesome. Has bass treble and volume. For the money I would highly recommend.

ExcellentIf you're going to highly recommend then a make and model would be handy, or a link to said item

 

[dezebell]

ExcellentIf you're going to highly recommend then a make and model would be handy, or a link to said item

I did put the name. https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/28396607...ctQRN1Qti&var=&widget_ver=artemis&media=EMAIL

 

[DougK1]

I did put the name. https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/28396607...ctQRN1Qti&var=&widget_ver=artemis&media=EMAIL

Aah, the one Steve recommended

 

[Rjpd77]

I was interested in this question and went looking on EBay

HiFi MM MC Phono Stage Preamp Home Stereo Turntable Amplifier Mini Headphone Amp | eBay

MM/MC phono preamp: converts phono signal to line level signal, low-noise integrated circuits and high-quality components are designed to ensure clear sound; with a MM/MC switch on the bottom, easy to select to match different kinds of turntables. LINE and 3.5mm headphone outputs: with stereo...

www.ebay.co.uk

This little unit would solve your problem although I have no idea about the resulting sound quality.
Just plug the phono lead from your T/T into the input and then an output lead can go to your amp - not to the phono input but a 'line level' input like the Aux. You can then plug your headphones into this and won't need your amp on if just listening through headphones.

Hi Steve983,
In your scenario, the amp needs to be turned off in order for sound to transmit to headphone amp but presumably the headphone amp cant be switched off if listening via amp and so how do you 'tell' the signal that you want it to go to the amp and not the headphone amp. Im trying to get my head around your scenario.. I have a similar problem in that my amp has no line outs (including headphone) and so i was under the impression that in order to listen to TT via headphones i would need to switch the TT out leads to headphone amp and then if i wanted to listen to TT via speakers i would need to switch TT out leads to amp. But your post suggests otherwise? thanks

p.s im new to all this so appreciate my question may difficult to parse, but thanks for reading

 

[good_enough]

Hi Steve983,
In your scenario, the amp needs to be turned off in order for sound to transmit to headphone amp but presumably the headphone amp cant be switched off if listening via amp and so how do you 'tell' the signal that you want it to go to the amp and not the headphone amp. Im trying to get my head around your scenario.. I have a similar problem in that my amp has no line outs (including headphone) and so i was under the impression that in order to listen to TT via headphones i would need to switch the TT out leads to headphone amp and then if i wanted to listen to TT via speakers i would need to switch TT out leads to amp. But your post suggests otherwise? thanks

p.s im new to all this so appreciate my question may difficult to parse, but thanks for reading

The headphone amp (in fact, a phono pre-amp by the look of it) is always in circuit, and always on.

The output to the headphones is separate from the output to the amplifier, which goes into a 'line level' input - the 'phono equalisation' side being handled by the headphone/phono pre-amp - this box.

Your question appears to imply that you believe that from this box you EITHER get headphone output OR an output suitable for plugging into your amplifier. You get both.

TT >> the little box >> amp AND headphones.

And you don't need to turn your main amp off to plug headphones in. If you think about it, how would the black box actually know that you'd turned your amp off? And why would it need to?

 

[Steve983]

^^^
I agree with 'good enough' above. The amp does not 'need' to be turned off but it might as well be since you are not using it to drive the speakers.

 

[Rjpd77]

^^^
I agree with 'good enough' above. The amp does not 'need' to be turned off but it might as well be since you are not using it to drive the speakers.

thanks Steve983

 

[Rjpd77]

The headphone amp (in fact, a phono pre-amp by the look of it) is always in circuit, and always on.

The output to the headphones is separate from the output to the amplifier, which goes into a 'line level' input - the 'phono equalisation' side being handled by the headphone/phono pre-amp - this box.

Your question appears to imply that you believe that from this box you EITHER get headphone output OR an output suitable for plugging into your amplifier. You get both.

TT >> the little box >> amp AND headphones.

And you don't need to turn your main amp off to plug headphones in. If you think about it, how would the black box actually know that you'd turned your amp off? And why would it need to?

thanks good_enough, So i need a headphone amp that is also a pre amp and has a line out. What about matching? The idea that all components should be of a similar quality. So if one were to put a 50 euro headphone amp/ preamp in between a 10,00 euro TT and 10,000 euro amp would the amp's quality never be realised? im making the figures up and realise i may not have a choice re the headphone amp but wanted to check if you had opinion. or is it a case of just listening to the set up and if i like it then its good to go. thanks!

 

[Steve983]

^^^
I can't vouch for the sound quality of this headphone amp myself although the original poster above seems very happy with it. As far as matching goes you could spend a fortune on expensive headphones amps but I would have to wonder if its worth it. Maybe others could chime in if they have some better advice. Just curious, what is your t/t and amp?

 

[good_enough]

thanks good_enough, So i need a headphone amp that is also a pre amp and has a line out. What about matching? The idea that all components should be of a similar quality. So if one were to put a 50 euro headphone amp/ preamp in between a 10,00 euro TT and 10,000 euro amp would the amp's quality never be realised? im making the figures up and realise i may not have a choice re the headphone amp but wanted to check if you had opinion. or is it a case of just listening to the set up and if i like it then its good to go. thanks!

Only listening works in my opinion.

I'm not in this place, as the headphone out on my Roksan K3 is superb.

But as an example Richers demo'd to me a DAC/headphone amp (i.e. for CD player not for turntable) and it sounded worse than the output from CD >> amp >> headphone jack. And not in a small way. As I recall the price tag on that (Cambridge I think) device was over a hundred quid. So listen to everything is what I say!

 

[Rjpd77]

^^^
I can't vouch for the sound quality of this headphone amp myself although the original poster above seems very happy with it. As far as matching goes you could spend a fortune on expensive headphones amps but I would have to wonder if its worth it. Maybe others could chime in if they have some better advice. Just curious, what is your t/t and amp?

TT: Technics SL-1200MK2 AMP: Synthesis soprano tube amplfier HEADPHONES: Grado 325X. Thanks, it does probably come down to how it all sounds i suppose. thanks for your input