hey snake have a look at the behringer range of headphone amps. I have the four channel version which is cheap and does the job very well.

http://www.behringer.com/02_products/audio_index.cfm?lang=ENG#HEADPHONE/MONITORING%20AMPLIFIERS

Just go to the bottom of the page and the headphone amps will be there.

Cheers

I have a behringer HA8000 and thats the 8 channel one. Also the presonus HP4 is a inexpensive 4 channel that works splendidly.

Thanks.

Does anybody know of any build yourself kits ?

Try http://headwize.com/index.htm

or

http://www.epanorama.net/links/audiocircuits.html#headphoneamp

or http://www.paia.com/hda.htm

Plus there are lots of other hits on the WWW for kits.

My favorite headphone amp so far is the PreSonus HP4 for about $99.00 or the Benchmark DAC-1 for $999.99 plus they throw in a free Digital to Audio Converter

y in earth wud u need a headfone preamp yo?

Yo!

U need a headphone preamp if you want to monitor with headphones but u don't have a powered headphone out, like for instance if u're interface is an E-mu 0404 card.

I was wondering if anybody knows if the Behringer Ha400 Microamp is any good. I can't find any reviews. It's only $19.99.

http://www.idjnow.com/StoreModules/ProductDetails.aspx/PID=HA400

I've been spending so much loot lately that I'm sick. I wanna go budget now and then upgrade later but if this thing really is trash I'll at least get an Art or a Rolls.

Thanks!

BTW I forgot to mention that I got Senny HD280's. I should prolly spend money on a good headphone preamp I know but how much is too little???

http://www.paia.com/hda.htm

I built this one a while back. It was my intro into DIY. Sounds pretty good to me; lots of volume, doesn't distort or get scratchy. Although, I have never heard a thousand dollar headphone amp. I have heard a Fuhrman and wasn't impressed, but maybe it was defective. The paia was a pain in the butt to build in my experience, but I am not very good at all that tight wiring.