Ramsey SHA1WT Stereo Headphone Amplifier - Assembled

by Ramsey Electronics

Price: $64.95

Features

Make your headphones sound GREAT!
Use with CD players, tuners, mixers
Great as a basic preamp for any line level signal
Reviewed at MSNBC, and a number of audiophile magazines!
Power supply included

Product Description

So, you buy a really good radio or CD player, go to plug in your headphones, and there isn't a headphone jack! You find a line level jack, plug in your headphones, and they sound terrible. Sound familiar? Most good quality gear lacks an earphone output, or if there is one, it is woefully poor quality. We developed this kit to help us listen to our mixers, reverbs, voice recorders and other audio goodies. We took a pair of LM-386 250 mW audio amplifiers, added volume controls, power supply and a handy, switchable, high-cut filter. A common 1/4 stereo earphone jack is used for the output - assuring compatibility with all stereo headphones - and RCA phono jacks accept standard line level input signals. There's plenty of volume and of course, the Fi is quite Hi. The SHA1WT is for those that just don't want to build a kit! It is factory assembled & tested, and all set to go. Comes with the power supply and is ready to use.. Runs on 9 to 15 VDC. Includes our AC125 power supply. Includes an attractive matching case measuring 5 W x 1 1/2 H x 5 1/4 D. (Did you know the leading manufacturer of high-end table radios recommends the SHA1 to all their customers?!)

Reviews

Great for Headphone Lovers with Bose Systems!
I was so irritated when I discovered my $1200 Bose 3-2-1 Series II system did not come with a headphone jack. Ordinarily, this wouldn't be such a biggie, but we had just purchased a $500 Sony DVD recorder/VHS combo (also, no headphone jack) to pair down our equipment. And guess what? Our DirecTV Tivo DVR doesn't have a headphone jack either! We were S.O.L.

Not a single component had a headphone jack. We could either re-hook one of our junkie DVD players through the system or we were out of luck until I found an article online about this Ramsey Headphone Amplifier.

THANK YOU RAMSEY! It's amazing to me that Bose makes and sells high end stereo systems WITHOUT headphone jacks when they make high end headphones?!@$?? WHAT??? That doesn't make ANY SENSE! Also, Bose informed me that if I plug my Bose headphones into any other branded component, it will lose sound quality. What choice do I have? You can't plug in headphones where there ain't no jack!

Anyway, this Ramsey unit will allow you to use audio cables to plug into your Bose and then you simply plug your headphones into the Ramsey unit. It is the only way to fly when you've got headphones, a Bose system, and no other components with a headphone jack.

We are back to enjoying our wireless headphones again thanks to Ramsey!