Headphones and valve / tube amps

[Gefest]

Agreed with phrozin about Blackstar ht5r. This one is really overpriced.
With choosing my headphones I met the next problem, nowadays it is hard to find really good headphones with affordable prices, most of the models are overpriced due to brand, but their quality is too low compared with their price. My friend suggested me to go to the audio-direct.com website for recommendations and information about good and NOT overpriced headphones. So with their help, I'm using now Skullcandy S6SCDZ-003 what have amazing quality and very affordable price. I'd recommend following my steps to find good headphones.

[jugglindan]

That reminds me that I really want to build a Valvecaster. DIY 12AU7 overdrive, tasty!

[Simon Barden]

Those Yamahas are also fine amps, just not as loud if you did want to gig.

[McCreed]

Plus I know that if I ever did get something like the Katana I would spend all my time experimenting with different pedal chain simulations and no time playing.

Pre-zactly!!!

That's what I love about my Tonemaster DR. It's just an amp. You turn it on, you plug in, and play!
I don't see that one going anywhere anytime soon.

I also have a Roland Blues Cube Artist. The BC's are also very good "high end" solid state amps.
Based on a "certain brand" of 6L6 amps, no whistles and chimes, just an amp. (it does have an FX loop which I like though)

[jugglindan]

Pre-zactly!!!

That's what I love about my Tonemaster DR. It's just an amp. You turn it on, you plug in, and play!
I don't see that one going anywhere anytime soon.

I also have a Roland Blues Cube Artist. The BC's are also very good "high end" solid state amps.
Based on a "certain brand" of 6L6 amps, no whistles and chimes, just an amp. (it does have an FX loop which I like though)

That said, I do find an evening spent tweaking settings to see how they sound very relaxing. I mean, earlier this week I spent an evening swapping clipping diodes in my TS clone

[Joe Garfield]

Would the Kingsley pedal work as a line out to a headphone amplifier?

[Andy123]

Would the Kingsley pedal work as a line out to a headphone amplifier?

Before I knew what was what, my only pedal was a metal zone. I often plugged headphones into the output for silent practice.

[jugglindan]

Before I knew what was what, my only pedal was a metal zone. I often plugged headphones into the output for silent practice.

For some reason, this is hilarious

Possibly because I used to do the same thing, but with a cheap Zoom multifx.

[Simon Barden]

It probably would (though I can't find anything specific about the typical output voltage level). But you'd still need a speaker emulator between it and the headphone amp unless you only played clean. And of course there's no reverb available either, so you'd need to run a reverb pedal into the preamp.

[McCreed]

Would the Kingsley pedal work as a line out to a headphone amplifier?

I don't have anything to add to what Simon said, but at $280US + shipping for a Kingsley, you can a get really good contemporary solid state amp for that kind money. It will be way more versatile for what you're looking to do for home playing, and one day you may want to jam with some mates and you'll be good to go.

D'oh!!! Just realised you are in the US!
But I still think an amp is the way to go.