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anonymous 9 February 2006

I know this has been done to death but can anyone recommend a good, loud headphone amp. Or an alternative which will provide loud headphone mixes.

We're currently using a Beh****** Powerplay HA4000, and while this is adequate and provides the amount of separate mixes we need, it never seems to be loud enough. Particularly for the doom metal clients we seem to attract.

We use 2 auxes on our DDA to provide either 2 Stereo mixes or 1 stereo and 2 mono mixes. This is easily accomodated by the HA4000, so any alternatives just need to be equal in spec and louder.

Looking forward to hearing your views.

ps Did I mention it needs to be loud?

Comments

Kev Thu, 02/09/2006 - 11:58

apart from very low imp headphones
and the new B unit may have a little more power
there is not much you can do without going to an AMP and a passive distribution system

BUT then you have to be very careful as you have the gain structure to damage both ears and headphones

Efficiency of headphones (and speakers) ... with the closed back as suggested above ... is always a good start when it comes to maximising the power you have

anonymous Fri, 02/10/2006 - 04:04

thanks for your replies.

We use Beyer DT100s which are 400 ohms, and should be fine.

I'm beginning to wonder whether its an amp malfunction or just that these bands are so used to everything being incredibly loud in their practice rooms that they will only ever be disappointed when they put on the headphones.

jonnyc Fri, 02/10/2006 - 10:25

I can't see how your behri isn't loud enough. I have the 8 channel version and its so freakin loud I can't turn the main volume past three with the individual volume at half way. I'm not sure you're really going to find much louder, better sounding yes, but only the musicians tracking use the headphones and I really don't care about the quality of the sound going into their phones.

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