YouMa Posted December 5, 2009 Share Posted December 5, 2009 (edited) Im thinking of buying a fairly large combo,i would like to practice at night when not rehersing but there is no headphone socket.Does anybody know a way round this so my neighbours dont shoot me when i practice.Could i send to my little zoom B2 unit and then listen to the amp via that on headphones or would the signal blow it up?Cheers. Edited December 5, 2009 by YouMa Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geek99 Posted December 5, 2009 Share Posted December 5, 2009 Just use the zoom's output socket for headphones Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YouMa Posted December 5, 2009 Author Share Posted December 5, 2009 What,so send the amp to the input then?will it not damage the zoom unit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PURPOLARIS Posted December 5, 2009 Share Posted December 5, 2009 [quote name='YouMa' post='674697' date='Dec 5 2009, 05:48 AM']What,so send the amp to the input then?will it not damage the zoom unit.[/quote] You don't need the amp, just plug your Bass into your Zoom unit and use the headphones from that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geek99 Posted December 5, 2009 Share Posted December 5, 2009 Yup - read the zoom manual and see for yourself Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YouMa Posted December 5, 2009 Author Share Posted December 5, 2009 No i think you misunderstand the whole point is i want to listen to my amp through headphones but it doesnt have a head phone socket. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geek99 Posted December 5, 2009 Share Posted December 5, 2009 Yes, I read and understood. What would be the advantage ? This is a free solution. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thepurpleblob Posted December 5, 2009 Share Posted December 5, 2009 [quote name='YouMa' post='674940' date='Dec 5 2009, 02:08 PM']No i think you misunderstand the whole point is i want to listen to my amp through headphones but it doesnt have a head phone socket.[/quote] No you don't! Why would you want to do that? You won't hear the amp's "sound" as it isn't driving proper speakers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrcrow Posted December 5, 2009 Share Posted December 5, 2009 [quote name='YouMa' post='674940' date='Dec 5 2009, 02:08 PM']No i think you misunderstand the whole point is i want to listen to my amp through headphones but it doesnt have a head phone socket.[/quote] impossible...all you hear is little pops via headphones...do you want to hear the amps real tone Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NickH Posted December 5, 2009 Share Posted December 5, 2009 Regardless of whether it would sound any good or not, you definitely do NOT want to connect an amp's speaker out to the Zoom's input. The speaker level signal from the amp will blow the instrument-level input of the Zoom all the way to hell. Don't even try it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leschirons Posted December 7, 2009 Share Posted December 7, 2009 Hiya mate, As you said you were "thinking of buying a fairly large combo" and obviously haven't committed yet, maybe you could check out other combos that do have a headphone socket. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iamapirate Posted December 7, 2009 Share Posted December 7, 2009 What you could do is (to get the preamp sound from it) plug the effects send into a small mixer, and then plug your headphones into that. That may work! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cheddatom Posted December 7, 2009 Share Posted December 7, 2009 or the effects send into the zoom, then use the headphone out from the zoom. You might have to plug a patch cable into the return to mute the amp. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevebasshead Posted December 7, 2009 Share Posted December 7, 2009 If it's got an effects send it'll likely be at line level rather than instrument level seeing as it's built into the preamp. Should still work of course but you might want to watch the input level on your FX unit, you might need to lower the input level to avoid clipping as floor FX tend to be made for the lower level instrument signal. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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