Best Cheap Headphone Amp For Recording

It does what it's supposed to, a nice lil' headphone amp for home recording. As with most Presonus gear... good construction/design, quality components and great pricing. Separate monitor level and mute plus mono switch nice touches. So are the 1/3 rack space size and pre-threaded bottom plate for mounting. Relatively clean and powerful.

This was an upgrade from the frequently recommended Scarlett 2i2 as an interface for podcasting and streaming and the upgrade has been unbelievable. I've been working around the limitations of the 2i2, a Cloudlifter for more gain, a headphone amp because the built in amp is weak, using in-application volume mixers to try to balance sound. Needless to say, this upgrade has been amazing. It has more gain than I'd ever need for my SM7B, the headphone amp is super loud and clear, the analog limiters and 32-bit recording so far have been amazing for not worrying as much about gain levels and yelling, the PC sound is set as a track input and can be adjusted with a fader. All the little conveniences add up like both isolated and mix track recording/output, numerous power options, USB file transfer, and mobile app control add up. The touch screen is very tiny, but buttons are usually chunky so it's not horrible to navigate. It's not the most intuitive product in the world but it isn't bad either. Overall it's not only made my audio quality better, but consolidated 3 devices into one and offers a ton more features and quality of life improvements on top of my old setup. It's safe to say I love it.

It's been a few years since being in need of a new headphone amp. I've owned an older version of a Rolls headphone amp and I really liked it for my professional recording studio... so much so that I bought 4 of them for all my sound rooms. It's been several years since I left the recording industry but over the last year I've been podcasting with some friends of mine and I'm getting my new (tiny) home studio up while upgrading equipment when I have the extra cash to do so. I ran across this beauty that has everything I need, plus more! This is a major step up from the ones I owned in the early 90's. The biggest plus and difference is being able to use other 1/4 or 1/8 jack on the front. It saves me from making sure I have the correct adapter if someone brings his or her own headphones or earbuds. It also has the LINK/JOIN capability of which I have used on previous models and comes in super handy if daisy chaining more than one box together. Works in either mono or stereo. You can't pan but that's not really the purpose for which this was designed. If you need more individual control as opposed to a stereo or mono headphone signal, I'd suggest buying a small 4 channel mixer. It's quiet and discrete, I don't hear any extra added component hum or buzz even when linking two or more boxes. It's not having to drive a bunch of wattage so the unit itself doesn't radiate any measurable heat to the touch. My signal chain: I have my Soundcraft Signature 12MTK headphone out (stereo) TRS 1/4 to 1/4 split L/R into the headphone amp. I drive the Soundcraft headphone out gain about three-quarters to full. The headphone amp takes care of the rest of the gain. No hesitation in purchasing another one of these. No hesitation in recommending this headphone amp to others. I've owned other and less expensive headphone amps but none of them have all the functionality and solid workhorse longevity as the Roll RA53B.

We have a home recording studio and on ocassion we need to provide mix monitoring to more than the 2 headphone outs available on our audio interface. This little headphone amp is exactly what we needed. I was surprised by the quality and power of this little headphone amp.

Does everything you would expect from a cheap headphone amp and more. Very satisfied. I use it to boost the signal from an Ipod.

Best value in a quality headphone.

A rare find. Not too long; good use for a headphone amp.

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Mic, Pre-Amp, and Headphone Amp in an all-in-one package! Nice to be able to use a USB mic without the need for a separate pre-amp. Really like the headphone jack incorporated into the unit with separate gain controls for the headphone volume.

Best and cheap!