Inexpensive Pre with headphone jack recommendation

the only problem w/getting a melos sha-gold is it will likely end up in yer *main* system, cuz it's such a nice preamp! ;~) the headfone amp is universally regarded as one of, if not *the* best headfone amps out there. another lower-cost option for a bedroom system would be the melos sha-1 - basically the same unit as the sha-gold, but only 3 inputs, (the sha-gold has 6 inputs), and half the price. all these units can be serviced & upgraded by melos audio restorations: melosaudio.com

doug s.

Adcom GFP565 can be bought for $250. It has a good headphone amp and not too shabby of a phono section!

The Anthem preamps by Sonic Frontiers have an excellent actual headphone amp section, not just a phone plug-in jack. You should be able to find a used Anthem Pre-1L or Pre-2L for $400 to $500.

If your emphasis is on headphone listening, you might consider getting a Headroom "Home" headphone amp. Besides being a first rate headphone amplifier, it can be used as a very decent little preamp.

i have a rotel rc 970 preamp for sale that has a headphone jack, it sounds great and is cheap for only $200. Most of rotels preamps have headphones jacks and they all sound very good for the price

AVA makes preamps and sells them direct...they have SS, and tube hybrid designs...new for less than $1000 (factory direct).

I've never heard them, but people seem to like them...they have a 30 day guarantee...and they have headphone amps built in.

I think the AVA may stand for Audio by Van Alstine??

find a melos sha-gold. you won't be sorry. you can probably get a used one now for under 1k. i had one -- outstanding headphone capability and a darn good preamp as well.