BillyHunt Posted November 25, 2020 Share Posted November 25, 2020 I’m going to be working away from home for a while and don’t want to be carting an amp around for practising so I was thinking about a headphone amp. The problem is I’ve got one of those overpriced phones with no headphone output jack and the standard aux input on all headphone and practise amps seems to be a 3.5 mm jack. Any idea how I get around this? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ped Posted November 25, 2020 Share Posted November 25, 2020 Lighting to aux cable 😂 OR a Bluetooth receiver to plug into your amp. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BillyHunt Posted November 25, 2020 Author Share Posted November 25, 2020 (edited) 4 minutes ago, ped said: Lighting to aux cable 😂 Didn’t realise it’d be as simple as that. I feel a bit daft for asking now Edited November 25, 2020 by BillyHunt 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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ped Posted November 25, 2020 Share Posted November 25, 2020 Nah I was scratching my head too for a while when I ‘upgraded’. I got a cable on eBay that works fine but the Bluetooth things are even better. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BillyHunt Posted November 25, 2020 Author Share Posted November 25, 2020 So my next question is can you recommend a decent headphone amp? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Muppet Posted November 25, 2020 Share Posted November 25, 2020 3 hours ago, BillyHunt said: So my next question is can you recommend a decent headphone amp? Ashdown Tonepocket is my current favourite. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CameronJ Posted November 29, 2020 Share Posted November 29, 2020 Phil Jones BigHead is loved by many around these parts, myself included. It’s not cheap but it may be the best pure headphone amp out there. Depending on your needs you may find a preamp pedal with headphone output may work well for you - there are several on the market from a number of brands. Personally I’ve taken to using the headphone out on my Line 6 HX Stomp. It’s a phenomenal bit of kit but if you don’t need a multiFX and amp modeller then it’ll be overkill! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BillyHunt Posted December 2, 2020 Author Share Posted December 2, 2020 (edited) Thanks for the suggestions. Perusing the pages of various well known retailers there seems to be a plethora of little mixers and cheap headphone amps around, although I haven't had good results using those sorts of things in the past. The Ashdown and PJB both seem to get good reviews so I'll probably go for one or the other. Leaning towards the Ashdown at the moment due to the extra EQ and being a nominally British company. Edited December 2, 2020 by BillyHunt Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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