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Old 12-13-2010, 07:55 PM   #14 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by Odyshape View Post
Damn you guys know your stuff! I was wondering though the headphone jack on my amp is 1/4 inch. I have a converter will it affect sound quality much if I use that and a 1/8inch headphones? Also if I was going Philips what would be a good idea for around 50 dollars.
If you're not looking to completely isolate the sound of your guitar from anyone else, (eg. someone sleeping or studying in the same room), I strongly recommend a pair of open air headphones. The trade off will be there will be some sound leakage from your headphones, in other words people in your immediate vicinity will be able to hear what you're playing, but the spacial dynamics of your guitar tone will be more accurate to the actual room acoustics that you would experience with a conventional amplification scenario w/o headphones, not to mention, your listening fatigue will be greatly reduced. I would do a search on Amazon for Phillips open air headphones.
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