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Gear / Technical Help => Ask The Tapers => Topic started by: jhirte on December 08, 2003, 04:10:36 PM
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Can anyone recomend a reasonably priced, portable, battery powered headphone amplifier??
The amp ont he DA-P1 isn't powerful enough for the louder rock shows...
-Jim
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do you want it to be? I'd advise against putting headphones on and cranking them to the level that you can monitor at a loud rock show.
look into the etymotics if you must monitor at a loud rock show. If you're only doing a 2 mic stereo recording I've never seen the point in "monitoring".
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would like it to monitor both mic and sbd feeds into the decks...
I see that Rolls has a cheepie 4 channel one for like 79 bucks..
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seriously, you don't want to crank up your headphones to that level you are really going to damage your ears.
look at the etymotics, that is what you should be using if you still want to be able to hear a few years from now.
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Ill take a look at them, I normally just check a few times during the show with closed back headphones.. nothing seriously loud, just so I can hear what it sounds like.. would like to hear more than mud...
thx
-Jim
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you need a 4 head deck in order to actually hear what is being written down to tape anyway, HHb is the only 4 head portable deck in regular use
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nah, I normally run sbd -> D8 and aud -> DA-P1, I can switch the amp from deck to deck...
Altho it'd be nice to have one, I'm also debating on hauling more weight around int he bag.. hehe.
-Jim
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right so if you are getting distortion, static, diginoise you're not going to be able to hear it unless you have a 4 head deck
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you need a 4 head deck in order to actually hear what is being written down to tape anyway, HHb is the only 4 head portable deck in regular use
d10proII
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and I hear you can get one with all the accessories for about $850
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not sure where you might've heard that, but the rumors are in fact true.
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if that's the case that is one hell of a steal for a fine, fine deck
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what else is new?
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Can anyone recomend a reasonably priced, portable, battery powered headphone amplifier??
The amp ont he DA-P1 isn't powerful enough for the louder rock shows...
-Jim
There was some discussion on headphone amps a while back in the Playback forum. Maybe there's some info there? Dunno...don't recall the details much, but give it a try.
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Kool thanks!
-Jim
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right so if you are getting distortion, static, diginoise you're not going to be able to hear it unless you have a 4 head deck
I think there is some confusion here...
I'm just talkin about running it from the headphone (or line out) of the deck to headphone amp... no need for a 4 head deck..
-Jim
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http://www.taperssection.com/yabbse/index.php?board=20;action=display;threadid=9370
these will provide enough isolation to hear at a loud show without any extra gear.
click thru to the "project addendum" and you will see how someone modded them to use the etymotic ear plugs - closest thing to etymotics for $70 less.