VOX amPlug 2 Bass Headphone Amp

[howard]

Ooh.

https://www.sweetwater.com/store/detail/TubeMPSTV3--art-tube-mp-studio-v3-voiced-valve-preamplifier

Mild GAS

(it’s not a headphone amp, it’s like the preamp in a mixer like the SSL4k)

[wellbi]

I have this strip and I love it:

ART HeadAmp6Pro 6-channel Headphone Amplifier | Sweetwater

ART is another of those value/price champions. I have also their SCL2 stereo compressor and it’s great. It doesn’t have any bells and whistles but it does exactly what’s on the tin for something like 150 bucks.

[howard]

Yeah gotcha. I ued to have an Audio-Technica headphone amp that was like a price/performance champ too. There’s some great brands out there like that.

[wellbi]

When talking about low-impedance headphones, I found my old trusty Samsons when cleaning my closet and tried them after years of driving much, much more expensive headphones. And still to this day. It’s absolutely mind-boggling how good these 50$ headphones sound. I cannot recommend them enough.

Samson SR850 Semi-open Studio Headphones | Sweetwater

[howard]

That’s a really good price for 50mm open back phones.

[MikeC]

@howard

Actually this may not be so unlikely if he has high impedance 'phones.

It is highly unlikely. My headphones are 32 ohms ATH-M50X.

[howard]

Yep, anything should be able to drive those, 32 ohms is the standard for lower impedance 'phones.

[Paul]

@Barney

Just plugged back into my HX Stomp after the Zoom. Oh boy this thing sounds amazing in comparison

Glad that you confirm this too!

[John_E]

@howard

Actually this may not be so unlikely if he has high impedance 'phones. Zoom output is designed for 32 ohm headphones, like most. There’s also a lot of 16 ohm 'phones which will sound louder, and many higher grade high impedance ones that will sound more quiet. This is actually pretty common.

The one thing I have seen with the zoom is volume vs. amp ‘volume’ in whatever patch.
Some folks forget to they can turn up the amp volume too, and, boom - loud.