Need help trying to control headphones/speakers on amp so i dont have to unplug the headphones

mp260767

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Hi,


i have an old yamaha amp, thats connected up my tv, ps4 and pc, what i'm trying to do is find a switch that i can connect to the speaker connections on the back of the amp, which i can then connect to my speakers and headphones.

then i can use a button to select the output source, rather than having to keep plugging/unplugging the headphones.

tried googling for headphone/speaker switch, and other similar combinations but without success

if there's an easier more obvious way of doing this that ive just plain missed feel free to advise.


cheers,
 
I think there's an easier way you can do this and one that doesn't involve switching the speaker outputs and trying to tap down the signal level so it doesn't blow up your 'phones :D However, there's a bit more information required from you, so I'm going to give you the idea and you can then check or confirm how your old Yamaha is set-up.

I'm presuming your 'old Yamaha amp' is a simple stereo Hi-fi amp; the sort where all the inputs are on the red and the white phono connections. If it is then this idea will work.

Older Hi-Fi amps usually have a connection for a tape deck. This means that there's an In and an Out set of phono connections. The Out connections are used to send the signal from the amp to the recorder. Depending on the amp the signal set to the record outputs is either the same that you're listening to via the speakers, or often there's a dial on the front of the amp marker Rec Out that switches between the amp's inputs. This allows the stereo to be used for listening to one thing whilst a recording is made of something else. Either way, the record Out sockets are a way of getting a source signal out of the amp to some other device. What's cute about Record Out is that the signal level is independent of the volume control. So it doesn't matter if the speakers are on loud or soft or not at all, the Record Out signal stays the same level.

There's no reason why that Out signal connection can't be used to drive some other external device. In your case that external device would be a small headphone amplifier such as this LINK. Adding this will cost the same or (most probably) less than a speaker level switch with headphone level reduction. It won't introduce thumps and crackles as switching over a speaker switch might. It'll probably look neater too.
 
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