Originally Posted By: rharv
Originally Posted By: Mike Halloran
That Behringer headphone amp is long discontinued. I'm surprised that any still work. That entire series was way too noisy for my taste as were my other Behringer PowerPlay 'phone amps. Good riddance.


Not sure who mentioned Behringer that you are replying to.


Sometimes, you have to scroll up. The old MiniAmp series pictured suffered from plastic deterioration over time. Sound great at first then every one I knew fell apart — from the internal heat is my guess.

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One thing I noticed with the Powerplay headphone amps was the closer you got to the Power button, the noisier the outputs got.
The first 2-3 outs from the far side were fine, but the last couple near the power can get pretty noisy, and gradually so in between. (they had 8 outs)
My experience anyway.


Oh yea, those units were terrible—versatile, yes but I got to the point where there was no place I could put mine — sounded like they picked up every stray electric field in the Silicon Valley. When they were new, there was nothing on the market anywhere near the price, however.

That was then, however. Now we have plenty of excellent choices including the Presonus if you need the control and the Mackie if you prefer the simplicity.

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