Reddit reviews Behringer MicroMON MA400 Ultra-Compact Monitor Headphone Amplifier

Im pretty sure the pm1 operates at line level. I think what you need is an ma400: http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/aw/d/B000KUCQXY/ref=mp_s_a_1_1?qid=1459362215&sr=8-1&pi=SY200_QL40&keywords=behringer+ma400&dpPl=1&dpID=41icGDkzUML&ref=plSrch

This will allow your trumpeter independent control of his own mic levels

This is the one we use for our in-ears.

BEHRINGER MICROMON A400

quick easy way to adjust on the fly

I use this Behringer headphone amp all the time. It has 1 xlr in/out and 1 1/4 in. And you can mix those to your headphone out.

As for the drum machine, I’d go out from that into the front of house board. Use a di box if needed. And then send that signal to the mix that you’re getting in your monitor from there.

I suppose if needed, you could run 2 of the behringer amps. Use the first for the drum machine (xlr) and your metronome(1/4). Send the xlr through to FOH and the headphone out into the 1/4 in on the second box. And use the second xlr in for your main monitor mix. And then headphone out from there to your ears. And that gives you control over all 3. But also at that point, I’d probably opt for an extra $10 and buy this 8 channel mixer

So i just bought a pair of fidelio l2's as my main monitoring headphones, and ive started looking into amps/dacs. Im a gamer, and wanted to see if i could get more out of my headphones. Ive browsed around a little on amazon and i found FiiO D03K dac and Behringer micromon ma400 amp. It looks like the output of the dac seems to be different from the input of the amp, and i was wondering if there any any ways to connect the two together. Are the two products even compatible together? Im fairly new to amp/dacs so just wanted to gather some info before i bought them.

I have a very similar situation and have a pretty good idea what you are experiencing. I stream guitar with my daughter, and we have to wear headphones. We use a couple dynamic XLR mics so we don’t pick up a bunch of stray sound. The problem is, just like you, we can’t hear each other while we have headphones on. Because we use a USB interface, if we turn monitoring on for the mics in slobs (or windows), the latency makes it unbearable. Hearing your own voice coming back at you with delay is unsettling, and (at least for me) it ends up making me talk slower to try and compensate. Which in turn makes we want to talk even slower to compensate etc. the end result is I sound really stupid.

Up to this point, I just haven’t found a way to solve this with software. What we decided to do is find a hardware solution to only monitor the other persons voice. That way we don’t get that unnerving latency. I ordered two of these. So my mic goes to her unit, where she can hear me in real time, and then is passed to the usb interface and into slobs. The same for her mic, it goes to my unit and then into slobs. This way chat can hear both our mics, and we only hear each other’s mics. Then the sound from slobs is passed back to our units and to our headphones. It’s definitely not elegant, and wouldn’t work if there were more than two people, but works for our situation.

This probably won’t work out of the box for your setup, but hopefully gives you some ideas. If you wanted to try and make it work, there are some cheap 2 xlr input usb mixers out there, as well as some cheap xlr mics. It would also mean you each have your own mics and don’t have to worry about a bunch of ambient noise. I’ll definitely keep an eye on this thread to see if anyone comes up with a better solution!

Edit: I’m assuming you want chat to be able to hear both of you. If you’re not worried about that, then it would probably be a little easier to make this work.

So do you want this to work as a stand-alone effects unit? Reverb tanks need circuitry to drive the springs at the input and amplify the very low level coming from the output. Putting 1/4" jacks on the ins/outs without the proper circuits in between won't get you far, as you have already seen.

Think of the drive circuit as a very small power amp. A super simple LM386 amp will do the trick. Try this, second picture down. If you don't feel like building something, a headphone amp should also have plenty of current and low output impedance to drive it well. This will do the job for $20. Another option is a step-down transformer, but that might be tough to find the right one.

For the recovery circuit that brings the volume up to line level, a mic preamp will do fine. If that means using a channel on your mixer - even better, now you have EQ. Of course simple transistor/opamp gain stages are easy enough to build. Keep your cable length as short as possible and watch where you put it, as spring tanks pick up noise very easily.

Also, spring reverbs can sound very boomy, distorted and cloudy if driven by a ton of bass. It's usually good practice to high-pass the reverb sends to avoid that. Play around with EQ on the send/return till you find what works for the tank you're using. Heck, sometimes blowing out the input with lots of bass makes for a fun sound! For my setup I have a dedicated stereo graphic EQ so I have lots of control over what goes in/out of the tank. L channel for input, R for output.

Here's a video that shows how to do it with a headphone amp and mic preamp/DI (around 5:30). Here's another one with the same guy, a little more involved but still super easy.

Good luck!

I don't own this but I'm seriously considering it after reading the reviews. It came from a recommendation in another /r/headphones thread
http://www.amazon.com/Behringer-MA400-Monitor-Headphone-Amplifier/dp/B000KUCQXY/ref=pd_cp_MI_0

EDIT: i screwed up the link multiple times

Buy a headphone amp, like this one (never used this one but it's dirt cheap and some think it's fine).

For me to get this right, I had to do 2 things. One is test, test, test. Just keep tweaking, then making short local recordings of your setup, then listen back to it. Keep tweaking until you get something that sounds right.

The other things was I had to get was a separate hardware headphone amp. This thing:

https://www.amazon.com/Behringer-MA400-Ultra-Compact-Headphone-Amplifier/dp/B000KUCQXY/ref=sr_1_6?crid=1QE7JIOTNYN06&keywords=behringer+headphone+amp&qid=1551243343&s=gateway&sprefix=behringer+headph%2Caps%2C134&sr=8-6

That allows me to raise or lower my headphone volume separate from the mix so once you get the sound going into the stream right, you don't have to mess with it to get the sound in your headphones right.

Yeah, just like you i needed the same thing, real time mic monitoring on pc when i use it for gaming. After recommendations from a audio engineer subreddit, i got a Behringer MA400 it costs 20$, and it works great i have zero latency, i can set the level of my mic monitoring with a potentiometer of the MA400, the other one sets the level of the game audio, so it's just perfect for me and also affordable.

Yes, this could be it- I'm using a Fiio e06, a tiny little thing. Would something like this Behringer MA400 be enough?

What you want is mic monitoring/sidetone.

Something like this could help you out.

I have used a small mixer or headphone amp (not this model but it’s a cheap example) to have one in-ear headphone in to hear. I can get whatever volume I need to hear myself without increasing stage volume. Depending on your rig and needing the tones from the amp and having to mic it compared to just having the preamp signal sent may dictate what equipment you will need to pull this off.

It can get kinda pricy but the best experience I've had for jamming has been a mic on the guitar amp and then two mics on the kit - one overhead and one on the kick - then into a mixer and feed into some high isolation headphones or items, like shure se215 or beyerdynamic DT 770. For both you and the guitarist. Its a bit to swallow at first, mics stands, cables, mixer, headphones. But it is wonderful. Everyone can hear everything, no one's ears are being pushed.

For mics, cables, and stands check out Monoprice. You don't need studio quality mics, just something decent that will work, and they sell some really affordable stuff. Makes it a lot easier to make it happen.

If your guitarist wants to hear more of himself, try the Behringer Micromon. Its a great way to mix in "more me" in a remote headphone amp.

Yeah, someone else linked me to this cheap amp from Behringer