ART HEADTAP | PASSIVE HEADPHONE AMPLIFIER

Passive Headphone Amplifier with Input for PA or Monitor Amplifier and Output for Connecting Headphones

ARTcessories - a full line of clever, affordable processing tools for live sound, stage, and studio. The ARTcessories line is designed to deliver solutions for a number of audio needs - like having phantom power, having one or two more mixing channels, testing cables, headphone processing, preamplification for microphones and turntables, and many more real-world applications. With their affordable prices and simple design, the new line of ARTcessories will satisfy the needs of working musicians and sound engineers everywhere.

If there's no room for onstage monitors, or someone sits in and can't hear the monitor, or it's a pick-up gig and you didn't have enough time to set monitors up - use a HeadTAP!

Stage monitors are good for sound reinforcement, but sometimes it's preferable to just put on headphones and connect them to the PA. That's where HeadTAP comes in. It has an input to connect the PA or monitor amplifier, and an output to connect the headphones. It provides quick and convenient tapping for powering headphones.

Sometimes floor monitors are a problem. There isn't enough room for them onstage or someone sits in and can't hear the monitors or the drummer can't hear them well enough. Or perhaps it's a pick-up gig or a rehearsal and you didn't have enough time to set them up. In any case, sometimes it would be preferable just to put on headphones and somehow connect them to the PA. That's where a headphone tap comes in. This is a passive device with an input to connect the PA or monitor amplifier and an output to connect the headphones. A volume control regulates the headphone level and internal resistors keep the unit's impedance high enough to protect the headphones. It also protects the amplifier from encountering too low a load impedance while powering tap units, the speaker system or several tap units by themselves. The HeadTAP will also work with a stereo headphone amplifier for use in recording situations when you want to add headphones for additional performers.

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