It may not be ideal but since it appears your pre-amp has neither a 'tape output' or a 'pass thru' you will need to get a headphone amp and connect it to the low gain output. The downside is that you will be stacking volume controls. I don't know of a headphone amp with out a volume control off hand, but you should research this - if one exists this could be ideal for you.
headphones for tube system
Hi Audiogoners, greetings from the UK – I have a question that I hope someone will be able to answer for me.
Background: a lifelong music lover – (mostly contemporary ) and hifi enthusiast (albeit in a small way) - now in my dotage and sadly with deteriorating hearing.
My system is an Abbingdon CD77, pre is a Melody 1688 II into a McIntosh 275 mk 4, B & W CM10 ser 2 speakers. Van den Hul cabling.
I want be able to use headphones and am not sure how to go about adding in an amp for them. Any suggestions and headphone recommends would be appreciated