How do I hook uo headphones to my system?


I have a Pass Int-150, which has neither a tape loop nor a headphone jack, so I can't (easily or conveniently) used an outboard headphone amp or plugs the headphone directly into my amp. Yes, I know I could use an outboard amp and directly plug in whatever source I am using into the headphone amp, but I really don't want to go that route.

The other thing I thought of is slightly nuts- my CD player has a digital out; my tuner has balanced and unbalanced outs and my phono stage has balanced and unbalanced outs.

I could run my CD player into a dac and then run the DAC's output, the unused tuner output, and the unused phono output to an headphone amp which also has the capability to switch among input sources or to a preamp that has a decent headphone stage.

Way too confusing. Anyone have an easy solution?
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Showing 2 responses by wolf_garcia

He made it clear that there is no tape out, so he can do what I did...buy a (in my case a Chinese tubed version) headphone amp, run it from the preamp out (you have both single ended and XLR outs on that amp), and there ya go. My headphone amp cost maybe 40 bucks and after sticking a better tube in it, sounds fabulous, and you can adjust the volume with the amp's remote.