Reddit mentions of Bellari VP130 Mm Tube Phono Preamplifier With Headphone Amplifier

http://www.amazon.com/Bellari-VP130-Preamplifier-Headphone-Amplifier/dp/B002TD4GME

Is that what you are selling? If so, its $20 cheaper on Amazon than what your are asking for.

You will need a phono preamp in addition to a headphone amp. Your device chain is correct.

If you are looking for a device to simplify the chain by combining the phono pre and the headphone amp the least expensive and simplest way would be to buy a used receiver with headphone output. There are some good '90s to early 2000's offerings from Denon, Marantz, Yamaha and the Pioneer Elite and Sony ES lines that would be worth looking at.

Otherwise, I don't think there are a lot options. There is the ART USB Phono Plus, which combines the great preamp in the DJ Pre II and adds USB + headphones features. I own and use the DJ Pre II, and think it's a great phono pre. I don't have any experience with this USB + headphones model though. There is also the Bellari VP130 but it doesn't astounding reviews and at $275, it's not the cheapest thing out there.

The mentioned ART DJ Pre II is a great inexpensive phono preamp. You could combine that with a standalone headphone amp such as the Schiit Mani or JDS O2, both of which get good reviews. For more (or better) headphone amp recommendations, you could go over to /r/headphones or check out head-fi.org.

What is your LP120 not doing for you? The T1 is not an upgrade and has higher wow and flutter than the LP120. A2+ are tiny 2.75" desktop speakers mainly for listening at your desk. Kanto YU4 are also small at 4".

First consider upgrading your stock AT cartridge.

• Stylus AT95E Upgrade stylus for AT-LP120
  
• Ortofon - Super OM10 MM Phono Cartridge
  
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  Then a phono preamp upgrade. Open up the case of the LP120 to manually solder a bypass of the switch that does not completely turn off the internal phono preamp. Watch the YouTube videos about it.
  
  
• Taking the Guesswork out of Phonostage Gain.
  
• The popular Schiit Mani $129 has switchable impedance and capacitance settings.
  
• More options with switchable impedance and capacitance settings under $219 are Hagerman Bugle 3 $189, Emotiva XPS-1 $209, Bellari VP130 Tube with Headphone Amp $219, Pro-Ject Phono Box S2 $159. Or with a variable dial control, Music Hall mini plus MM/MC $149, Pro-Ject AD Box S2 $219.
  
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This one is not too expensive and has the advantage of integrating a headphone amp. And you can upgrade its sound by switching the tube later (or now).

If you want to go as cheap as possible, the best solution would be one of the ubiquitous cheap phono pre-amps, and an inexpensive headphone amp (Fiio E6 or E11). Upgrade either of these parts as you see fit.

The only all-inone preamp and headphone amp that comes to mind is this Bellari.

Another option is to buy a vintage receiver or integrated amp that has a phono input and use the headphone output from that.

Hello!

I currently have a Bellari VP13 preamp:

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B002TD4GME/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o02_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

I'm looking to upgrade. Can anyone tell me if the Schiit Mani would be a good way to go? Or is this at a level below the Bellari? If it's below can you recommend something better?

I'm semi clueless so please educate me.

You could add something like this into your mix:

https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B002TD4GME/ -$200+

https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B000BBGCCI/ -$76

It would go between your lp120 and amp. You'd want to turn off the lp120s preamp (it's supposedly no good anyways) and then you'd be good to go!

(P.s. there are a bunch of things like this, the bellari rolls vp29 has headphone out but no variable output volume so you'd need a headphone amp, but that thing is only $49ish so you could do it)

This will tick your boxes, will need a replacement power supply though as the factory one is pretty crap, however it's relatively cheap. https://www.amazon.com/Bellari-VP130-Preamplifier-Headphone-Amplifier/dp/B002TD4GME

I've never actually owned one of these, but they have them for demo purposes at one of the shops in the area:

http://www.amazon.com/Bellari-VP130-Preamplifier-Headphone-Amplifier/dp/B002TD4GME/ref=sr_1_sc_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1451701608&sr=8-2-spell&keywords=phono+preamp+headphpone+amp

Plugs directly into TT that does not have a pre-amp, and gives you headphone amp.

Otherwise, to go the tubeless route would be cheaper. Pretty much any decent receiver/preamp will have a phono pre-amp and the ability to drive higher impedance headphones.

So it goes GA-Z97X-UD5H motherboard(Realtek ALC1150 115dB SNR HD Audio, which looks to have nice audio) - > aux cable - > Bellari Tube Phono Preamp - > yamaha htr-5730 - >bronz 2's

Seens really weird this keeps happening. Makes me want to give up on higher quality audio because of the failures I've had so far. I really don't see any reason these should be failing like they are. Like you said, as far as I know, It shouldn't damage it from distortion at low volume. At least the 2nd time. The first time I did hit a high volume for maybe 3 seconds, but that's enough. This time it was never at a high volume. Not really anyway, not at one that I thought could hurt these speakers.

If I turn my computer volume all the way up, and the media player all the way up, and then the amp only at like very low sound, it is distorted to hell but quit. I was just testing. For music playing I decided to play the computer at 20 percent volume, media player 100 percent volume. and then rotating on amp to whatever volume I wanted per album. Everything sounded good. Really great sound. Then, after I finished the movie, adjusting during the higher volume peroids, I went to bed. I woke up the next day to the rattle I had experienced earlier with the bronz bx2's in the past. A rattling sound. The audio files are generally FLAC files.

Edit: Maybe the horror movie did it. It went from quit to loud sometimes. as those movies will do. But in my subjective opinion I don't think it was enough to damage anything. I was being, I thought. conservative about the hole thing. I didn't feel like I was pushing them that far.

look into Bellari Audio (a Rolls company)

• https://www.amazon.com/Bellari-VP130-Preamplifier-Headphone-Amplifier/dp/B002TD4GME/
  
  
• https://www.amazon.com/Bellari-VP549-Phono-Preamp/dp/B07DHXPTF7/
  
  
• https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B002PSLTIC/
  

I've heard good things about Bellari pre-amps and having a headphone amp is definitely a nice feature. People seem to mention the VP130 a lot but I'm not sure how it compares to the model you listed.

What kind of speakers will you be using with this setup?

One possibility that has respectable sound on a budget and gives you future flexibility is this ART: http://www.amazon.com/ART-USB-Phono-Plus/dp/B000BBGCCI/ref=pd_cp_MI_1

I bought one of these at the same time as the ART, but it didn't mesh well with my system at the time, so I returned it. It is however, tube driven and has a more robust headphone section than the ART: http://www.amazon.com/Bellari-VP130-Preamplifier-Headphone-Amplifier/dp/B002TD4GME/ref=sr_1_1?s=electronics&ie=UTF8&qid=1407099671&sr=1-1&keywords=headphone+phono+preamp

Or something like this: http://www.amazon.com/Little-Dot-MKII-Headphone-Amplifier/dp/B00A2QMAI2/ref=sr_1_6?s=electronics&ie=UTF8&qid=1407099671&sr=1-6&keywords=headphone+phono+preamp#productDetails

This is the amp I have. I think it's great, although I'm not an audiophile. It got very good reviews for being an excellent value for the price.

There are some excerpts from reviews on this page.

These are fun and fit the bill.

It depends on your headphones. What are you using? The line-level signal shouldn't really go straight into headphones so you'll need a power amp designed for headphones. There aren't a lot of combination phono preamp and headphone amp units; you might be better off looking for an older receiver that has both or considering buying separate phono pre and headphone amps.

This and this are the only combined things I can find on amazon.

Edit: The Behringer unit /u/jabfla linked would also be an option.