Which is better for quiet home practice: Blackstar FLY 3 Bass vs Joyo MA-10B?

[Tim Mulac]

My wife is sensitive to bass frequencies from my practicing (gets migraines) so I usually practice through headphones. (It's funny, but when she hears a full mix of all the instruments, the bass doesn't seem to bother her).

I have plenty of headphone options (Ashdown Tone Pocket, headphone-out from a few amps, Vox Amplitude, computer interface), but I really prefer to hear some acoustic sound of the bass tone pushing air. But quiet. Portability would be another big factor; thus the interest in these mini amps. I'm not interested in any wild effects (though they can be fun to mess with), just a basic pleasant bass tone.

Does anyone have recommendations or suggestions about or experience (good or bad) with either the Blackstar or the Joyo?

Thanks, in advance!

 

[KevInDaBassment]

Not to be a derailler, but what kind of headphones are you using with those preamps/headphone amps? Has using some closed-back cans or in-ears given you better results?

 

[Tim Mulac]

Open back AND closed back Sennheisers, as well as in-ears.

 

[Pdaddy1978]

I bought the little Joyo for my son when I gave him my Yamaha bass for Xmas 2 years ago.
Quiet is a good way to describe it. Quiet is about all it does. But hey, it also runs on batteries, so there's that.
I too checked out the Fly. But it cost about double the Joyo.
The Joyo won.

 

[KohanMike]

I've been using the Fly3 Bass duo 6w for about 8 years, to which I added a shoulder strap, with my bass ukes so I could roam children's hospital rooms with four other members of my uke group. Works great.