Headphone practice Amp

[BassMann2112]

I'm looking for a decent headphone practice Amp, so I can effectivly practice at work. In your Opinion what would you suggest for a decent set up. I was looking at the Bass Ace or the X-100 by Tom Scholz (headpphone unit). I have seen a few older ones for sale when the manufacturing department was called SRD - Scholz Research and Development. That one has more fetures in the design and looks like it may be better.
Who else has what I should be looking for
Are there any other manufactures out there making what I'm looking for? (Headphone practice amplification)

Any help here would be great.

 

[LarryO]

active pickups???/

 

[jivetkr]

I have the korg pandora. Small, tons of features, some drum patterns, several metronomes, cool built in tones & a ton of customizeable presets.

I used to have the raven labs unit but I really didnt like it. I thought the tone was a little thin. But the thing that really made me nuts about it was that the AC adapter would short out everytime if you plug it into the wall first & then into the unit. Raven labs actually sent me a replacement adapter that shorted out again. I ended up selling it.

Either way get some good headphones. It makes a world of difference. I use the sony DJ headphones. They are not cheap, but they sound awesome.

 

[vbass]

I've had the Bass Ace for awhile now. It works pretty good for what it is. I would say the key is definitely getting nice headphones. The ones they include are supposed to be 'custom made' to work with the unit but the Sony ones that I had sitting around made a big difference in the sound. It's a good deal for the price I would say, though I haven't tried any others.

 

[Eyescream]

active pickups???/

Yeah. If your bass has active electronics you can just find any old headphones and plug em in. It won't be loud, mind you, but you'll get some sound out of it.