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Headphone amplifier advice



 
 
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Old January 11th 09, 07:50 PM posted to uk.rec.audio
TonyL
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Default Headphone amplifier advice

I want to drive low-z (32 ohm) headphones using op amps.

For various reasons I need:
1) Quad amps to be used, there's a requirement for other op-amps in the
units.
2) Single rail, around 12-15 V, I guess most modern op amps will do that
easily.
3) Not too current hungry, I want to power a number of these units from one
simple 12VDC transformer supply.
4) Lo-fi will do so long as distortion is not too gross. Intercom quality is
OK.
5) Reasonable cost.

I built a prototype using a LM324 that happened to be handy. Result was
gross crossover distortion when the output had to supply current to the
low-z earphones. I know these amps can be biased into class A operation but
I want reasonable power economy. Would be nice to just drop a pin
compatible device into my prototype, say a LM 387 ? Except the spec says
600ohms load.


Advice/comments please ?


 




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