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Post subject: Headset sounds GREAT, amp sound is a disaster, Mustang-3
Posted: Fri Mar 01, 2013 10:15 am
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I have Sennheiser 180 wifi headset and the sound is very nice, TOO nice even. Much the same with a little less euphoria if I use a set of really cheap Yamahas, always using the amp's "Phones" jack for headset. I practice a while and then pull the headset and go to naked amp, gone are the nice sounds and for all intent and purpose the entire practice session too. This cannot continue. I have to practice with a headset due to noise but this makes the practice a waste of time.

The amp just blares & the sound DOESN'T EVEN RESEMBLE what I was playing into the headset (using the "Sic Delay Comp" preset)!!! I don't know how to describe the sound, seems devoid of all color. Are there headsets that duplicate exactly the amp freq-response? Is this a know problem & is it just me screwing something up?

Maybe before looking for all manner of weird causes I should just check out the amp speaker, but how? I sit next to the amp, is there maybe a minimum recommended distance?

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Post subject: Re: Headset sounds GREAT, amp sound is a disaster, Mustang-3
Posted: Fri Mar 01, 2013 4:00 pm
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Three things to consider

First, as extensively discussed in other topics (usually the other way round to your question: ie "how can I get my headphones to sound like my speaker), any headphones are going to sound very different to the amp speaker. All to do with different frequency responses etc. I think it unlikely you will get a close match between headphones and speaker.

Second, the headphones will reproduce the stereo effects that the Mustang creates, which you won't get through the single amp speaker.

Third, you'll get a different frequency response from the amp speaker depending on the amp location (close to a wall, out in the open, at floor level, raised up, tilted back, etc), and also based on your position relative to the amp. If you're directly in front of the speaker, you'll hear more high-frequencies than if you're off to one side, or above or below the "line of fire" of sound straight out the front of the speaker.

The usual compromise is to tweak the presets to get the desired sound through the speaker, then 'make do' with the different sound through the headphones for practice.


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Post subject: Re: Headset sounds GREAT, amp sound is a disaster, Mustang-3
Posted: Sat Mar 02, 2013 6:36 am
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> Three things to consider

Thanks, yeah I noticed the number of reverse-interest posts even on usenet i.e. how to get better headset sound. THAT I have no complaint about.

I guess I have little choice but to tinker with it until I get the best I can and then accept it as one of those things which I cannot change ...yet :-)


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Post subject: Re: Headset sounds GREAT, amp sound is a disaster, Mustang-3
Posted: Mon Mar 04, 2013 5:16 pm
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The headphones you're using are designed for listening to music, not making music. They will color the sound to be more pleasing, which is not what you want if you're making music for other people to listen to. Buy some monitor headphones with a flat response. They won't sound as "good" but they will be more accurate. Then it's up to you make that sound good.


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