Headphones for quiet practice....

Mike Kowalik · From: San Antonio,Texas

Do any members use headphones for practicing so as to not disturb the activities of others around you?

What brand is best and where can they be found?

Mike Phillips · From: Brooklyn, NY

i play a while every night through the pod xt into a pair of sennheiser headphones. the wife sleeps through it in the next room, and i have no trouble with the neighbors. i find it helps me unwind, and it's a good time to practice for me, as i have a day job.

i bought these HD280's which are studio quality, along the lines of the ubiquitous sony 7506's...

here's the model and where i got them: http://www.sweetwater.com/store/detail/HD280Pro

looks like they're running a good deal!

here are the sony's: http://www.sweetwater.com/store/detail/MDR7506

another fine deal.

i was told the sennheisers were a little warmer sounding, which sounded good to me. i am sure the sony's are great too.

sweetwater has a nice catalog of everything you might ever want, and they ship things fast.

regards,
mike

Tucker Jackson · From: Portland, Oregon, USA

I'll second the recommendation on the Sony MDR7506 headphones. I paid about $99 for a pair eight years ago, and have used them regularly. Great sound, very comfortable.

If the headphones ever die, I'll buy another set.

I'll also second the recommendation on using a POD, although some people may prefer to use a headphone jack on their amp (if it's equipped with one).

Mark Eaton · Posted 22 Nov 2006 1:07 pm

They both look great for the money.

By coincidence, I was checking into the Sennheisers at another web site earlier this morning. I have always like that company's products.

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Mark

Lynn Oliver · From: Redmond, Washington USA * R.I.P.

You might want to look at: http://steelguitarforum.com/Forum11/HTML/009627.html

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Lynn Oliver

Delvin Morgan · From: Lindstrom, Minnesota, USA

I use a 30 year old pair of stereo headphones, through a Crate 15 watt practice amp. Works great.

Jim Palenscar · From: Oceanside, Calif, USA

I have a little practice amp called a "Honeytone" made by Danelectro at the store- sells for less than half of the aforementioned headphones but obviously the supplied headphones with the amp are not as nice as the others but do the trick). The amp is about the size of a pack of cigarettes, has delay and distortion built in, and is powered by a 9v battery.

Bob Crafton · From: Donora, Pennsylvania, USA

My practice rig is a Tascam CD-GT1 Guitar Trainer and the Sony MDR7506 headphones. With this setup I can jam along with CD's, slow down licks, and get a really good steel tone with effects, all without making the wife, kids, & dogs suffer through it all. The Sony phones help keep the wife, kids, & dogs outta my ears, too.

Bob Crafton

Gary Preston · From: Columbus, Ohio, USA

Mike i think the cheapest way is a small unit called a Micro Amp-Ha-400 made by Behringer that you can buy at some music stores . I bought one and it has (4) headphone inputs on it . It works great but the volume isn't real loud but good enough for practice . I put a Switchcraft Dual input (cd player and line from my guitar ) and a one line out into the unit so i can play a music track and play along with it . The Switchcraft unit has two volume controls that you can control the volume on each line in . The Micro-Amp is $25.00 and the Switchcraft unit isn't that much . Just a thought and hope this helps . Gary .

Gary Preston · From: Columbus, Ohio, USA

Mike i just found another unit that is the best that i have ever used . It's a Behringer Eurorack UB-502 unit . I just got it from a buddie of mine last night . It has more clean volume than you can stand and it has a place to plug in your cd player with it's own volume controls and all . You can use a cheap set of headphones that wont break the bank . This unit is a powered unit with a wall wart . Try this one in my openion you will love it . Gary .

Bo Borland · From: South Jersey -

I have been using the Danelectro too. I use an old switchcraft 4 channel mixer ( 4 ins 1 out)and a cd player or IPOD. I plug the steel or in my case the EFX out and the music source into the mixer, then take the out to either the headphone amp or my Session 400. I get reverb & delay or whatever efx I am using and the music in the cans or my amp.
One thing cans will do is uncover all the noise from bad blocking with your right hand, pings, overtones, unwanted harmonics, etc.

Mike Kowalik · From: San Antonio,Texas

Thanks to all who have responded....I have all the info I need.

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