Good afternoon,
Can someone gime me a brief description of the difference between the following.
Phono preamps
Regular Linestage
Headphone amp
Just from looking at schematics and threads. Turntables have a much difference impedence. That is why they cannot be used on a standard preamp input. Is that correct.
Can headphone amps and regular linstages be interchanged?
I am diving deeper into the tube world and am eager to keep building. 😉
Thanks
Brian
Can someone gime me a brief description of the difference between the following.
Phono preamps
Regular Linestage
Headphone amp
Just from looking at schematics and threads. Turntables have a much difference impedence. That is why they cannot be used on a standard preamp input. Is that correct.
Can headphone amps and regular linstages be interchanged?
I am diving deeper into the tube world and am eager to keep building. 😉
Thanks
Brian
Need lots of gain and an equalization stage, and must be able to drive a fairly easy load, usually 10K or higher.
Need little to no gain, and must be able to drive a fairly easy load, usually 10K or higher.
Depending upon the headphones used, these need anywhere from unity to 10X gain, and they often must be able to drive loads as low as 16 to 32 ohms.
Many headphone amps will work as line stages. Most line stages, unless they are designed specifically to do so, cannot drive headphones very well.
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