Sorry to repeat the question - does the direct out or effects send work with headphones?
It's a minor complaint if it doesn't.
It's a minor complaint if it doesn't.
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iAmp Micro 300
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Christopher,
The efx send/headphone does not double as a headphone jack. Headphone jacks take a whole different circuitry ... it would be cool to have one, there really just isn't enough room.
Mike
You could always strap two wizzy 10's on either side of your head...
Or do what I do:
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bringin' back the boombox 80's... HELL YEAH.
Or do what I do:
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bringin' back the boombox 80's... HELL YEAH.
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- Apr 3, 2003
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- Editor-in-Chief, Bass Gear Magazine
While I like the iAMP 200 quite well with a Wizzy, I generally pair up the 500 with one Wizzy and the 800 with two. The 200 actually sounded killer driving my Phil Jones 9B and 6T (individually), and normally I think of them as liking some major wattage behind them, so I was impressed by this.
Tom.
Jazzdogg
Less barking, more wagging!
I hope this question doesn't sound cynical, because I'm genuinely interested in the answer: As far as you know, has anyone considered adding subtle illumination to the front panel during the design phase?
My eyes aren't what they used to be in my younger days, it's hard for me to see my gear clearly without illumination, and I can't see adding a rack and a Furman to an i-amp. A dimmable goose-neck or some back-lighting would go a long way toward making a bassist's rig a lot more stage friendly.
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there are a few others, just do a search at MF for "light"
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Jazzdogg
Less barking, more wagging!
FWIW, I finally was able to try out the little Eden260. Well... to be honest, it wasn't quite as small as I had thought (slightly bigger than a Walter Woods or Focus), and it was WAY underpowered to me.... the 405 sounds SO much better... warmer, fuller, louder, and while larger... not so much that it would be a problem given its light weight. I think I remember the Eden pre marketing product info saying they would be the size of a few CD's... well only if a few means about 15.
That Eden IMO makes you realize how good the AI stuff is, and how massively far ahead of their time the Walter Woods amps were and still are!
I still look forward to trying the EA amp, but with a power amp similarly spec'd, I'm less excited than I was prior to my 260 experience. We will see.
It seems to me if AI would get on the stick and design a version of their preamp that is more EB friendly that they would sell a million 'Focus EB's. The power section on the AI stuff is just SO good (800 real watts into 4ohms and 5 pounds or so), but that pre is not optimized to EB for many of us. I guess that's not the market they are going after, but man, that would be a winner, given the '250-300 watt competition'!!???!!
+1, Ken.
Same experience with the Eden, same thoughts on AI.
I was over on the Eden board and saw all the glowing reports on the new mini amp then got to hear it through a couple of different cabs that other lower end Eden heads had pushed with no problem.
The marketing probably meant CD "cases"... the WTX260 isn't very large.
Same experience with the Eden, same thoughts on AI.
I was over on the Eden board and saw all the glowing reports on the new mini amp then got to hear it through a couple of different cabs that other lower end Eden heads had pushed with no problem.
The marketing probably meant CD "cases"... the WTX260 isn't very large.
"Others of us" dig the flat AI sound pretty well...more than anything I've ever gotten out of an Eden with all the knob twisting.
+1 Will... that's why I tried to qualify my response. However, there are also quite a few that tried to love that amp, and loved the size, weight, service, build quality, absolute volume, etc., but just couldn't dial in that 'chest thump' pop/rock tone that you can get with other more traditional 500-800 watt amps. Since a number of TBer's who like that more modern, aggressive tone seem to be happy with either the Focus and another pre running up front, of the Focus SA with the pre of their choice, it seems there is an opportunity for AI to vastly expand their market share.
+1... I was actually talking about CD cases... the 260 is small, but no smaller than the other 'micro amps' that have been on the market for quite a while. They made it sound like it was only going to be as big as a stack of CD's (in the cases, of course). Given that there are other amps out there like the Walter, AI Focus, Markbass, etc. that are about the same size with MUCH more wattage, I was underwhelmed for quite a variety of reasons.
+1
When I saw how small the Micro 300 is going to be and then two channels of controls... I knew my eyes wouldn't be able to deal with that, so got the Markbass LM II a little bigger and heavier, but not enough to matter. I remember my first Ampeg back in the late 60's the lettering on the faceplate illuminated and it really came in handy in dark clubs.
Jazzdogg
Less barking, more wagging!
Perhaps designers and manufacturers are biased in favor of young musicians who look good in magazine ads and haven't experienced the challenges of advancing years.
I think it was genius to incorporate a tuner into i-amp designs; sure wish they'd provided means for better illumination of the controls.
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