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Headphone Amp/Mixer

Discussion in 'Recording Gear and Equipment [BG]' started by jobu3, Jun 27, 2008.

  1. Jun 27, 2008 #1
    jobu3

    jobu3 ¿Huevos?!

    Feb 17, 2002
    Mountain Top, PA
    I am interested in getting a headphone amp to use for recording.

    I will be running direct signals into a mixer into a laptop to record through Audacity. I will run the monitor outs to the headphone mixer and this is how we will monitor ourselves in my apartment.

    It needs to have at least 4 headphone outputs with controls for volume.

    The clearer sounding, the better but I need at least a fairly accurate representation of sound is going through.

    I was looking at the presonus one and it looks like it fits the bill but I'm not sure how it will be soundwise or reliability. The price is right where I want it too.

    I'm not typically a fan of Behringer stuff but if there headphone amp is OK, that might work too.

    Any ideas?
     
  2. Jun 27, 2008 #2
    thehangingmist

    thehangingmist

    Dec 14, 2007
    New Delhi, India
  3. Jun 27, 2008 #3
    jobu3

    jobu3 ¿Huevos?!

    Feb 17, 2002
    Mountain Top, PA
    Ever use it?

    How does it work? Separate volume controls?

    I didn't see a picture on the link provided but that might be work blocking it.
     
  4. Jun 27, 2008 #4
    thehangingmist

    thehangingmist

    Dec 14, 2007
    New Delhi, India
    yes there is a picture on the zzsounds website but you can run a search for rolls audio equipment and find their website. i havent used it ever but someone i know does use it and a couple of other similar small mixers and they have been working fine
     
  5. Jun 27, 2008 #5
    jobu3

    jobu3 ¿Huevos?!

    Feb 17, 2002
    Mountain Top, PA
    Thanks!
     
  6. Jun 27, 2008 #6
    The Owl

    The Owl

    Aug 14, 2005
    GA
  7. Jun 27, 2008 #7
    Mharris

    Mharris

    Sep 25, 2007
    Missoula Montana
    A friend of mine bought a behringher headphone amp for 40 bucks. We used it to jam together in an apartment with an electronic kit. It had individual volume controls and sounded pretty good. I couldn't compare it to anything else however. I hope this helps a little.
     
  8. Jun 27, 2008 #8
    blipndub

    blipndub

    Apr 27, 2000
    Olympia, Washington
  9. Jun 27, 2008 #9
    theory028

    theory028 Really Loud Hamburger.

    Jul 4, 2007
    Cedar Falls, IA
    I'm curious how headphones can handle the low end. I've used my brother's Bose headphones with my Bass PODxt Live and they couldn't handle a lot of the patches. It just sounded distorted. I had to turn the volume down a fair amount for it to be clear.

    Anyone have experience with this? I'd like some decent headphones to take to college, since I'm not going to have an amp and will rely on the PODxt. I had considered some Sennheiser studio headphones. I've got Sennheiser earbuds that are excellent.
     
  10. Jun 29, 2008 #10
    jobu3

    jobu3 ¿Huevos?!

    Feb 17, 2002
    Mountain Top, PA
    AKG 240's handle it great. Not a lot of attenuation of outside noise but are very accurate and clean sounding. Not a lot of volume so noisy place are's good for them. Very comfy to wear long times as well.

    I had a set of Sennheiser (280's I think?) that had excellent attenuation of outside noise but were very midrangey. Also had great bottom but were not all that accurate. Decent wear for long intervals.
     
  11. Jun 29, 2008 #11
    theory028

    theory028 Really Loud Hamburger.

    Jul 4, 2007
    Cedar Falls, IA
    Nice. I'll check those out. Thanks for the suggestion. :)
     
  12. Jun 29, 2008 #12
    blipndub

    blipndub

    Apr 27, 2000
    Olympia, Washington
    I've used the Sony MD..something model for years. They aren't the best in the series but somewhere in the middle. Cost about $100, no low end loss at all. In fact sometimes I think I've got my speakers on because I can actually feel the bass in the cans.
     
  13. Jun 29, 2008 #13
    agfrag

    agfrag

    Feb 24, 2006
    Novi, Mi
    I've got that Rolls. I've had one for years (5?) and it has done me very well up until about 6 months ago when one of the channels crapped out. I have used everything from AKG closed headphones to the cheap Sonys and others. Pretty much with the Rolls, what goes in goes out, just add a dose of hiss at max volume. I'd buy it again if it disappeared somehow.

    It uses sliders for volume, those red things in the pic are indicators you slide up and down.