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Offline jhirte

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Headphone amp.
« on: December 08, 2003, 04:10:36 PM »
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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Re:Headphone amp.
« Reply #1 on: December 08, 2003, 04:38:02 PM »
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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Re:Headphone amp.
« Reply #2 on: December 08, 2003, 05:03:38 PM »
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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« Reply #3 on: December 08, 2003, 05:08:38 PM »
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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Re:Headphone amp.
« Reply #4 on: December 08, 2003, 05:32:04 PM »
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...
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-Jim
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« Reply #5 on: December 08, 2003, 05:45:37 PM »
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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« Reply #6 on: December 08, 2003, 05:53:47 PM »
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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« Reply #7 on: December 08, 2003, 05:55:06 PM »
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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Re:Headphone amp.
« Reply #8 on: December 08, 2003, 05:56:35 PM »
Quote from: Tim on December 08, 2003, 05:45:37 PM
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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« Reply #9 on: December 08, 2003, 05:57:44 PM »
and I hear you can get one with all the accessories for about $850
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Re:Headphone amp.
« Reply #10 on: December 08, 2003, 05:59:00 PM »
not sure where you might've heard that, but the rumors are in fact true.
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« Reply #11 on: December 08, 2003, 06:02:18 PM »
if that's the case that is one hell of a steal for a fine, fine deck
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« Reply #12 on: December 08, 2003, 06:05:41 PM »
what else is new?
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Re:Headphone amp.
« Reply #13 on: December 08, 2003, 06:12:36 PM »
Quote from: jhirte on December 08, 2003, 04:10:36 PM
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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Re:Headphone amp.
« Reply #14 on: December 08, 2003, 07:23:42 PM »
Kool thanks!
-Jim
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