"Don Pearce" wrote in message
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On Sat, 27 Sep 2003 13:54:25 +0100, "Stimpy"
wrote:

My mk1 Cyrus 2 has a headphone socket on the 'backplate' under the
DC
PSX input and next to the tape out sockets - this appears to be
connected to the same connector you describe. Oddly enough, it
doesn't mute the speakers when used so it's always struck me as a
bit
pointless!

I've never really liked switching headphone jacks on decent amps.
The
contacts are exposed and don't wipe, so they eventually go pretty
noisy and can even lose contact altogether. Far better to put a nice
heavy duty switch in the speaker lead near the amp.

Yeah, for a while I used a QED 'Headphone Controller' between the jack
and the phones. Basically just a big switch :-)