ART HeadTap
passive speaker-level signal-tap headphone distribution box
Headphone Amp / Distribution$76Manufacturer list price
Specifications
- Type
- Headphone Amp / Distribution
- Description
- passive speaker-level signal-tap headphone distribution box
- Topology
- passive (resistor network, no active/solid-state gain stage)
- Signal path
- Analog
- Channels
- 2
- Channel format
- taps speaker-level signal between power amp and speaker via parallel 1/4" input/thru; drives 2 headphone outputs; mono/stereo input selector
- Form factor
- compact passive inline unit
- Powered
- false
- Impedance (Ω)
- Input: 100
Details
Controls: Mono/stereo input selector, dual headphone level control
I/O: Input: 1/4" (parallel, daisy-chainable with additional taps/speakers); Output: 2x 1/4" headphone jacks with level control. Unusual design: connects INLINE between a power amplifier output and the speaker, tapping the speaker-level signal directly rather than accepting a line-level or mic-level input; internal resistors limit headphone level and protect the amplifier from seeing too low an impedance load.
Notes: FLAG: powered set to 'false' (deviating from the default 'true' instructed for this batch) because the manufacturer page explicitly states 'No power required - passive design'; this is a factual override, not a guess. FLAG: channel_count set to 2 reflecting the 2 headphone outputs driven from the tapped signal -- this device does not have independent input channels like the other HeadAmp models, so the count is a judgment call analogous to how ART treats other headphone-output-based counts. Price $75.99 is B&H Photo listed price (list price $89.99); other retailers (avalive $79.99, Walmart $84.99) seen in similar range -- Sweetwater/Reverb/zZounds did not show explicit price in search results.