what's a good headphone amp?

Joe Babb · Post by **Joe Babb** » 18 May 2008 9:10 am

Sharon and I were considering taking Joe Wright's class at St. Louis this year and we need headphone amps. Anybody have suggestions for a good, small, headphone amp?
Thanks
Joe

sonbone · Post by **sonbone** » 18 May 2008 4:04 pm

The small Behringer mixers (either UB502 or UB802) are hard to beat. Will take instrument, mic or line level input and drive headphones plenty loud. Also have tape in for practice. While not really headphone amps per se, they do a great job.

John Bechtel · Post by **John Bechtel** » 24 May 2008 9:51 pm

Peavey Nashville 112.

Tom Mossburg · Post by **Tom Mossburg** » 31 May 2008 9:15 pm

Rolls makes a little unit for about 40 bucks. I think its called a personal monitor. Anyhow I just use the line input and drive it with my NV-1000 line out. Rolls also makes a headphone amp. For just playing through headphones, I use a Zoom G2 Guitar Effects pedal. It works surprisingly well and runs on batteries as well as AC. Its small and easy to use. About $99. It has the preamp and effects built in so you don't need anything else but your steel and headphones. It'd be perfect for the semonar and also for private practice. You can also use it for front end effects into your amp.

John Bechtel · Post by **John Bechtel** » 31 May 2008 11:16 pm

I have a little Amp. Unit that I bought from Steel Guitar Nashville, Bobbe Seymour. [I think it's less than $30] It's called a “Signal~~Flex”. It's a small box about the size of a BOSSTONE Unit and works on a 9-Volt Battery. I used to take it along if I needed to tune up in a noisey place without bothering anyone else. It's also intended to use as a Practice~Amp. Just plug it into your guitar or volume-Pedal ‘OUT’ and then plug the (supplied) headset into it and you're on your way! There is however, no EQ or Effects built in. You'd have to patch the effects between the pedal and the unit. It does have a built-in volume-control. It comes in quite handy in noisey places or if you want to practice in the middle of the night w/o bothering anyone!

Shannon Boatman · Post by **Shannon Boatman** » 1 Jun 2008 4:21 am

I use a Live Wire Solutions HA04 headphone amp that I got at Guitar Center for $40. It has 4 channels with individual volume controls. I think the wall wart came with it. I plug it into the headphone jack on my mixer. Sounds better through it than straight out of the mixer. It's maintains fidelity at high volume too. It's a keeper.