Do preamps make good headphone amps?

Thanks to all the posts - voices of experience I could use.

Merry Christmas everyone...

the short answer is; some do and some don't. Another pre known as having a (very) good hp amp is the Melos SHA Gold. But in most cases, a dedicated hp amp is better than the phone jack on most pres. Many have loop out so you just interest between pre and source, or put into your tape loop.

I have a TAD 150 tube preamp and the headphone amp is very good...I used to have a mf headphone amp and this is really comparable

The Placette Active Pre is said to have one of the best headphone amps.

Most certainly! My Rotel RC-955 has both a great phono section as well drives my 600 ohm AKG M240's beautifully.

The McIntosh preamps have built-in headphone amps made with discreet devices! They sound really good - I was surprised (with Sennheiser 600 on my C42).

Arthur