headphone amp‽

[audreycashin]

Vox makes a headphone for bass with the amp built in

And the headphones are built for Vox by Audio Technica

 

[pegdrums]

Hey,prob too late to the party but I just picked up a second hand ampule for just noodling away on the couch and it's great. Yes there is buzz when the tone is turned all the way up so I just have that all the way down and tone on bass up. Im only noodling away anyway.

Its tiny
I can hear my bass
Sounds decent
Its got metronome and drum tracks
Different gain levels
Has an aux in.


Cant go wrong

 

[pegdrums]

About the aux in, should it be in stereo? I get a mono mix of some sort, as in everything paned right comes through. Faulty cable maybe?

 

[joel the bass player]

Started out with a cheap Mackie Mix5. Wanted something solid to mix my bass with tracks played on my phone. Used with my preamp/di I had at the time.

Pedalboard grew to include a Broughton Messenger v2, it has been great. Aux in and headphone out right on my pedalboard.
Also have a HX Stomp that I can do the same with. Currently have two boards with one on each, so I can practice with either.

 

[Rich-Cincy Kid]

PJB bighead . Best headphone amp bar none IMO . Also can be used as an interface

I have one also. Thee BEST!

 

[bass-shy]

Darkglass Element for me too. I put together a dedicated pedal board for headphones and direct recording and the Element is last in line on it. Works and sounds great!

For on the go practice and outdoors where I don't have access to plug in, the Vox Amplug works pretty well. Not my favorite sounding piece of gear but it works and it's better than nothing.

 

[Nekomata]

I haven't spent much time with it, but the Palmer Bass Pocket Amp to me sounded very harsh, very 'metallic'. And it was quite noisy.

I really enjoy playing through the Laney Digbeth DB-PRE. It's more than a headphone amp, of course, and it has its own characteristic sound baked in (think: vintage).

The Boss GT-1B, or a similar multieffect, of course stretches the concept of headphone amp even further. But I really dig how good it sounds with my Sennheiser HD280.

 

[OldBlue61]

I just received my new-to-me Ampeg SCR-DI. Didn't really need/want the scrambler circuit, just wanted a preamp I could use for silent practicing that had a headphone output and an aux input that I could plug my phone into and didn't cost a fortune. Got this for 1/2 the cost of a new one. Anxious to give it a try.

 

[Bass Ape]

Pretty cool unit. The “ampeg” scrambler is weird. I’ve never been able to get good fuzz or Dist from the scrambler.

 

[sgiacomo]

NUX Mighty Plug Pro does exactly what you described. I’ve had mine for over a year and use it almost everyday.

 

[VinylMike]

From someone that has been doing headphone practice for decades now. I think it is hard to beat a simple Irig HDX unit and it comes bundled with the Amplitude App with amp modelers effects and even a simple recording DAW. Sounds great and smaller than your phone

Does the IRig/amplitube Allow you to play through your phone using wireless earbuds and play along to streaming content?

 

[TaySte_2000]

Does the IRig/amplitube Allow you to play through your phone using wireless earbuds and play along to streaming content?

No Bluetooth is too laggy for live playing

 

[VinylMike]

No Bluetooth is too laggy for live playing

But I could still play along with wired headphones no prob?

 

[TaySte_2000]

Yeah

 

[Bodeeni]

Does the IRig/amplitube Allow you to play through your phone using wireless earbuds and play along to streaming content?

you plug the Irig into the phone and wired headphones into the Irig