Headphones > SVT 4 Pro

[EMERICAskate73]

Does anyone know how to hook up headphones to the svt 4 pro, i have a little converter where i plug the headphones in one head and then the 1/4 into the amp, but i don't know where to plug it into

help?


ps

converter thing ^

 

[two fingers]

Just looked at the manual on Ampeg web site. As far as I can tell, you CAN'T use headphones with that amp. But maybe Jerrold will swing by and prove me wrong.

"Paging Jerrold to the red phone."

SVT4Pro manual http://www.ampeg.com/pdf/SVT4PRO.pdf

 

[LowerBeef]

The SVT-4 Pro doesn't have a headphone out. You "could" plug that into the power amp speaker out, but the turn on click would probably be enough to blow the headphones and/or your eardrums!

You might try the channel A wet mono line output and have the PRE/POST switch on POST, it might be able to drive headphones. Although, line level out is not intended to drive the low impedance of headphones. The balanced out is probably intended to drive a 600 ohm load, so the unbalanced might be looking for 300 ohm. A pair of headphones plugged into a stereo-mono adapter plug could be <10 ohms.

Your best bet is to get a small headphone amp, and if you want to hear the tone of your SVT-4 run the SVT-4 channel A wet mono line output to the input of the headphone amp.

 

[EMERICAskate73]

yeah, i was just looking through that to see if i could figure it out as well haha, its crazy that i can hook up headphones to a little 30 watt Behringer combo, but not my 4pro :/

 

[EMERICAskate73]

Your best bet is to get a small headphone amp

yeah i suppose i'll deal with the behringer haha

 

[cheamo]

The title seemed to me to imply that headphones are greater than the SVT 4 Pro, ultimately a more interesting thread.

I feel like a headphone amplifier might be a simple thing for a technically inclined person to build.

 

[totallybacan]

Just use the effect out. Line level is more than enough to drive headphones. When you think about it, some basses have enough power to drive headphones by themselves. If for some reason that isn't enough, use the D.I. on the amp and turn down the level if necessarry

 

[RickenBoogie]

Most big amps don't have headphone outs, because they are NOT practice amps. So, it makes perfect sense the Behringer would, and the Ampeg wouldn't.

 

[EMERICAskate73]

Most big amps don't have headphone outs, because they are NOT practice amps. So, it makes perfect sense the Behringer would, and the Ampeg wouldn't.

but i mean wouldn't you RATHER practice with a bergantino/ampeg over a behringer

but yeah, that makes sense