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Earliest amps with 1/4 inch stereo headphone output

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Sanfansui

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Hello folks,
Really curious about this. I was wondering, what were some of the earliest preamps, integrated amps, or power amps that had a 1/4 inch stereo headphone output? Please include the first year that the amp was made, if you know it.
 
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earliest ones that come to mind are probably the Fisher stereo recievers. The 800C, 500C and 400 all have one. I believe all three started production in 1963.
 
HH Scott released the integrated 222c in 1962 which has a stereo 1/4 jack. The kit version LK-48 did not have the 1/4 headphone jack.
 
The list of early stereos that didn't have a phone jack would be shorter.

Jack
 
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The HH Scott 299c was released in 1961. Had a 1/4 headphone jack
 
Me neither. But to be fair, I'm not into recievers, or many integrated amps.
It's been mostly separates. I've never bought a receiver in my life, tube or SS. A few SS receivers have been given to me, but that's it. I do have a separate headphone amp. I'm kind of surprised most consoles didn't have them.
I don't think I've ever seen a console with a headphone jack.
 
I'm just considering integrated and recievers that I own. I wouldn't expect it on a stand-alone power amp but the Sherwood S-7000, S-5500II, Stromberg ASR-433 and the Fisher TA-600 all do not have headphone jacks.
 
gadget73 said:
I'm just considering integrated and recievers that I own. I wouldn't expect it on a stand-alone power amp but the Sherwood S-7000, S-5500II, Stromberg ASR-433 and the Fisher TA-600 all do not have headphone jacks.
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True, but I was thinking of tube preamps. There were those headphone boxes you could buy back then and connect to the speaker terminals with resistors inside to drop the voltage. Most I saw had two 1/4" jacks.
 
GetBusyLivin said:
history-of-headphones
when-were-headphones-invented

Although the original question isn't answered specifically in these articles, they're still fun to read.
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GetBusyLivin said:
history-of-headphones
when-were-headphones-invented

Although the original question isn't answered specifically in these articles, they're still fun to read.
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I have a pair of the Aftershock Bluetooth bone conducting phones I saw in that link. I like them.
You can still hear what's going on around you unless you really crank them up.
I even bough a couple pairs for my grand daughters. Now they can't ignore there mother. :D I remember seeing the Bone Phone back around 1980. They were a weighted bag with a FM radio that went around your neck laying on your collar bones. They sounded pretty good. Most were sold around here to snow skiers.
 
Lavane said:
True, but I was thinking of tube preamps. There were those headphone boxes you could buy back then and connect to the speaker terminals with resistors inside to drop the voltage. Most I saw had two 1/4" jacks.
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none of my old preamps have one either, though I think the Knight possibly could feed a set.
 
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