I bought some studio headphones to do some silent practice. However when I plug them on the amp, the volume is too low to be useful. If I max out the gain/master knobs it distorts to the point I don’t care to play that way.
I tested the headphones on my phone and computer, and it seems to be ok volume-wise. Anyone with a similar experience?
No, my headphones are fine. (Sennheiser HD580 precision with Rumble 100)
Although I noticed that I turn it up 10% but not to the degree where distortion would kick in.
Do you have a DAI? Since I got the active bass I use the DAI to practice with headphones. It’s the easiest for me to get a backing track also to the headphones and with the EQ on the bass I got enough tone options to practice.
It’s that one. With other devices the volume is more than ok, it only happens with the amp. Will try another set of headphones on the amp and report back.
Interesting. With underdriven 'phones usually the sound quality drops before the volume (the volume will drop too, but it will sound thinner, less low end, and more tinny first).
I had no problem driving Sony MDRV6’s (63 ohms) from my Rumble 25 when I had it.
I had a similar issue with a Fender Rumble LT25, it just didn’t like some of the headphones I bought.
I would always try my headphones first with any amp in the future before buying, now I’ve been caught by this issue.