On Sat, 27 Sep 2003 13:54:25 +0100, "Stimpy"
wrote:

In article , Don Pearce
wrote:
On Fri, 26 Sep 2003 15:55:49 GMT, "Paul"
wrote:

Just been cleaning my Cyrus 1 internals of dust & noticed a 3 pin
connector marked "Headphone" ( 0v , L , R ) . As my version doesn't
have a headphone output socket can I add one by getting an
electronics shop to solder it onto the circuit board ?
Thanks for any replies.


There will in all probability also be a couple of resistors you need
to fit, feeding each of the channels. A couple of hundred ohms is
normal. Otherwise there is no reason why this shouldn't work (other
than needing to drill a suitable hole, of course!)

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.

d

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