Bass Guitar And Headphones

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  1. Daecu

    Daecu Senior Member

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    Ok, so when I'm playing my bass next year at college, and for the remainder of my time here in Illinois, I would like to have some headphones that I can use from my bass amplifier so as to not bother my future room mates/ family members. I found some headphones that I have become quite fond of, they can be found here: http://www.trittontechnologies.com/products/TRIGA611.htm , and I have not been able to come up with a definitive answer through my research; If I had the proper conversions jack (normal headphone cable to the amplifier's jack), would these headphones be able to handle the bass? I know that they have a "subwoofer" within them and several different connection types, but I obviously have no idea what I'm talking about or reading so I could use some guiding through ^_^;; I am really hoping I could get them to work because I can get some assistance in paying for them from a Christmas present I'm returning, and if they work on the bass, then they'd pretty much work on everything I could ever want them to work on. Any help is appreciated :)
     
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    I personally would not go for those, while they may be able and versatile ( and look great ), you would do much better going for something generalized to guitar/bass sound. Also this may not be a problem to you, but noise cancellation is a big plus. Almost any headphones are capable of being used with an amp, though you do need the proper adapter to do so in most cases. If you are looking for sound quality and the ability to handle large amounts of sound and bass stress, I would recommend either looking into DJ headphones and the proper adapter, or something like the Beyerdynamic DT100 or Sony MDR-7506. Both are industry standard headphones and produce the highest quality for only just over $100 (depending where you buy from).

    I personally own a pair of Sony MDR-V6's and they are excellent, I have nothing bad to say about them, they have exceeded everything my fingers and guitar have thrown at them.

    Also make sure you get a good adapter, bad adapters can produce lots of problems with headphone, over amplifying sounds and bass and such.
     
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    Thanks for the in depth response :) lots of great info there!
     
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    No problem. I should also add that I have never seen an amp/headphone adapter that accepts USB, optic or G9 cables, though it is possible that I didn't see them or they have been made since I last went looking for an amp adapter 2 years ago or so. Plus I live in Canada and we don't always have the latest technologies.

    That headset looks epic though, I might just have to buy one for Call of Duty 4 and WaW.
     
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    Headset looks awesome but personally starting out in the usic industry, i would not trust a gaming headset to do this sort of work you expect, for heavy bass and probably loud enough, sustained bass with damage and distort the cones in an average headset, i reccommend checking out the AKG, SeinnHeiser websites for other headphones, they are 2 of the mains for music industry headphones and can generally handle anything thrown at them with awesome quality, as these are made for the music industry and not the gaming industry it will be able to handle more frequencies than the gaming headset..
     
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    Thanks guys :) I'll be sure to get some of the tech specs up and compare some of these different brands later today, I'm still tempted for the Tritton for the surround sound-recreation, rumble, and microphone (mainly the last one). But when it comes down to it I may eventually end up with 2 pairs, for the computer and for music separately. Eccentric I have seen cables than can those 5.1 cables down to a y-cord stereo cable, no idea how solid that is though, and at that point I'd be going through like 3 adapters just to reach the bass amp, so maybe 2 different pairs is the way to go.
     
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    Glad to help

    This is a site that is a great referance point, my knowledge of headphones is not the grratest but the guys here definatly know their stuff.
    Sound on Sound forum

    Jigsaw - good site for buying all sorts of equipment
     
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    In my experience, most "5.1 Gaming Headsets" have really crappy lows(obvious fail for bass), or become distorted/ruined very quickly. I'd go with Seinnheiser, or another top brand, and get headphones that are made for music.
     
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    Eh screw those ricey pieces of crap. Buy a pair of Senheisers. You won't regret it.
     

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