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Portable headphone amplifier circuit

This is an easy built portable headphone amplifier schema. You can use this headphone amplifier to amplify your radio receiver, mp3/mp4 player, computer or dvd/cd player. You may connected the input channel directly to those devices.

R1 _______________ 10K
R2 _______________ 100K
R3 _______________ 68K (see notes)
R4 _______________ 1K5
R5 _______________ 3K3
R6 _______________ 330R
R7 _______________ 4K7
R8 _______________ 2R2
C1 _______________ 1uF 63V
C2 _______________ 100uF 25V
C3 _______________ 470uF 25V
Q1 _______________ BC239C 25V 100mA NPN High-gain Low-noise Transistor
Q2 _______________ BC337 45V 800mA NPN Transistor
Q3 _______________ BC327 45V 800mA PNP Transistor
J1 _______________ Stereo 3mm. Jack socket
SW1 _______________ SPST Switch
B1 _______________ 3V Battery (2xAAA)

R3 value was calculated for headphone impedance up to 300 Ohms. Using 600 Ohms loads or higher, change R3 value to 100K.
Take a note that above schema only show single channel.