Can I connect a headphone amp to a turntable?

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Anna

Does anyone know of a headphone amp that will work with a turntable? Specifically an audiotechnica turntable with a built in phono amp?

I got one from Amazon, a Behringer MICROAMP HA400, but not one set of headphones we had were big enough to fit in the jack thing, and there was no way to connect it to the turntable anyway.
I'm planning on returning the headphone amp, what I need to know is there anyway of using headphones with this turntable without getting a completely new turntable.

Answer
What you have will work fine with the turntable's built-in phono preamp switched on. You're just going to need some adapters. You'll need a stereo 1/8" jack to stereo 1/4" plug adapter for your headphones and you'll need a dual RCA jack to stereo 1/4" plug cable to plug in your turntable.

For the headphones...

http://www.amazon.com/RCA-AH216-Stereo-Headphone-Adapter/dp/B00005T3GH/ref=pd_cp_e_2

For the turntable...

http://www.amazon.com/Hosa-Cable-YPR102-Stereo-Inch/dp/B000068O4W/ref=sr_1_2?s=electronics&ie=UTF8&qid=1375854780&sr=1-2&keywords=rca+jacks+to+stereo+1%2F4%22

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can you connect directly from a cd player to a headphone amp?

orion_962

i am wondering if you can connect directly from a cd/dvd player to a dedicated headphone amp, or do you need to connect the cd player to a receiver or amp and then connect that to the headphone amp?
thanks.

Answer
Assuming that the headphone amp has a volume control, you can connect them directly.

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