Hi,
I recently bought Behringer UMC204HD to use with my guitar and some other stuff. I saw people praising its high sound quality (for the price). But now I've read something about the headphone amplifier being low quality and some recommendations to get a headphone amp if using headphones often. And I use headphones all the time. I am still using my MH752 headphones, so comfortable... Would there be some noticeable improvement in sound quality if I used Mackie HM-4 instead of the headphone amp in the UMC-204HD interface? Or is the Mackie amp too cheap to make a difference? Or maybe the headphones are? I'd love to try it out, hear it for myself, but that's just not possible right now... I am a newbie to all this audio stuff so I am completely clueless if this could work and improve sound quality. I could order it and return it if it doesn't work for me, but I like to avoid returning stuff.
So do you think this should be a noticeable improvement? Or should I just stick to the UMC-204HD until I buy better headphones? Or is Mackie HM-4 even an upgrade over the UMC-204HD?
Thank you for your time.
(This is the thread I read, it claims that: "Despite its excellent line output performance, the Behringer has a very mediocre headphone output. It gets distorted quick, does not have lots of power, ...")
I recently bought Behringer UMC204HD to use with my guitar and some other stuff. I saw people praising its high sound quality (for the price). But now I've read something about the headphone amplifier being low quality and some recommendations to get a headphone amp if using headphones often. And I use headphones all the time. I am still using my MH752 headphones, so comfortable... Would there be some noticeable improvement in sound quality if I used Mackie HM-4 instead of the headphone amp in the UMC-204HD interface? Or is the Mackie amp too cheap to make a difference? Or maybe the headphones are? I'd love to try it out, hear it for myself, but that's just not possible right now... I am a newbie to all this audio stuff so I am completely clueless if this could work and improve sound quality. I could order it and return it if it doesn't work for me, but I like to avoid returning stuff.
So do you think this should be a noticeable improvement? Or should I just stick to the UMC-204HD until I buy better headphones? Or is Mackie HM-4 even an upgrade over the UMC-204HD?
Thank you for your time.
(This is the thread I read, it claims that: "Despite its excellent line output performance, the Behringer has a very mediocre headphone output. It gets distorted quick, does not have lots of power, ...")
Behringer UMC-204HD Dac and Headphone Amplifier Review
Previously I had reviewed and measured the Behringer UMC-204HD which retails for a paltry $79 with excellent results. See: https://www.audiosciencereview.com/forum/index.php?threads/budget-dac-review-behringer-umc204hd.1658/ Question was asked about its headphone performance. So I setup a...
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