Mixer headphone amp sounds bad

TeeBird · July 14th, 2008, 01:28 PM

It took me a long time to figure this out, but if I plug the phone into the control room out, I get a much better sound. It was so thin and tinny! I can actually place a mic and hear the results now! Yes, I had wondered why the track sounded better on playback than when I monitored it. It's a behringer 802A. Do other mixers have this problem? And can you recommend a small mixer with better sound (and that I can use to monitor the inputs...I use aux send to record the live track)?

No I can't monitor at my A/D device (except of course the latent output).

Tim Armstrong · July 14th, 2008, 08:13 PM

I've had very good results with the Presonus HP4...

Cheers, Tim

TeeBird · July 22nd, 2008, 05:21 PM

Thanks Tim. We'll see what happens as I may have to get a new I/O device. One with zero latency monitoring would be nice.

July 14th, 2008, 01:28 PM	#1 (permalink)
TeeBird Tele-Meister Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Sebastian, FL Age: 46 Posts: 328	Mixer headphone amp sounds bad It took me a long time to figure this out, but if I plug the phone into the control room out, I get a much better sound. It was so thin and tinny! I can actually place a mic and hear the results now! Yes, I had wondered why the track sounded better on playback than when I monitored it. It's a behringer 802A. Do other mixers have this problem? And can you recommend a small mixer with better sound (and that I can use to monitor the inputs...I use aux send to record the live track)? No I can't monitor at my A/D device (except of course the latent output). __________________ Kawanga!

July 14th, 2008, 08:13 PM	#2 (permalink)
Tim Armstrong Moderator Poster Extraordinaire Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Berlin, Maryland, USA Age: 49 Posts: 9,659	I've had very good results with the Presonus HP4... Cheers, Tim __________________ http://www.moodswingers.org

July 22nd, 2008, 05:21 PM	#3 (permalink)
TeeBird Tele-Meister Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Sebastian, FL Age: 46 Posts: 328	Thanks Tim. We'll see what happens as I may have to get a new I/O device. One with zero latency monitoring would be nice. __________________ Kawanga!