bfoster71 Posted August 30, 2022 Share Posted August 30, 2022 I have a Helix LT - bought it last year (2021). What is the recommended OHM rating if I purchase a headset to use with it? And is there any specific headset(s) that Line 6 has recommended that may work best? Thank you! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
datacommando Posted August 31, 2022 Share Posted August 31, 2022 On 8/30/2022 at 9:55 PM, bfoster71 said: I have a Helix LT - bought it last year (2021). What is the recommended OHM rating if I purchase a headset to use with it? And is there any specific headset(s) that Line 6 has recommended that may work best? Thank you! Hi, This sort of issue as been discussed at length many, many times in here, but for a definitive answer, check this from the man himself: Digital Igloo - Eric Klein, Chief Product Design Architect, Yamaha Guitar Group / Line 6 / Ampeg “Helix's headphone amp is LOUD; it's designed to drive high-impedance studio headphones to stage volumes. Low impedance headphones distort way faster, fatigue your ears, and at a high enough volume, can damage your hearing. With Helix you could conceivably split the headphone output to two pairs of 200-300 Ω cans/IEMs and drive both over the sound of a drummer (and adjust respective levels via MIDI CC control of path output blocks). My band does this now.” link to original post where he says he uses Sennheiser HD600 rated at 300Ω. https://www.thegearpage.net/board/index.php?threads/line6-helix.1586637/page-1184#post-22007938 Hope this helps/makes sense. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bfoster71 Posted September 1, 2022 Author Share Posted September 1, 2022 Thank you!!! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MusicLaw Posted September 1, 2022 Share Posted September 1, 2022 If you're considering open back headphones, the Sennheiser HD600 and HD650 are excellent! Drop.com offers a very reasonably priced Sennheiser HD6xx which sounds and works great with all Helix gear! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mustafai Posted September 1, 2022 Share Posted September 1, 2022 With HX Stomp the situation is different. Its headphone out needs lower impedance headphones. Beyerdynamic 80 ohm was too low in volume for me so switched to 32 ohm version. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaimeiniesta Posted August 25, 2024 Share Posted August 25, 2024 Oh man now I'm confused. I use Beyerdynamic DT-770 Pro 80 Ohm but I'm not quite happy. So I read in this thread that I should go for 200 or 300 Ohms, and also the opposite, 32 Ohm... Any more opinions? Is the HX Stomp really different in this aspect? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cruisinon2 Posted August 25, 2024 Share Posted August 25, 2024 On 8/25/2024 at 12:14 PM, jaimeiniesta said: Oh man now I'm confused. I use Beyerdynamic DT-770 Pro 80 Ohm but I'm not quite happy. So I read in this thread that I should go for 200 or 300 Ohms, and also the opposite, 32 Ohm... Any more opinions? Is the HX Stomp really different in this aspect? Oh, you'll get opinions alright, lol... and no two will be the same. I've used a bunch of different cans over the years, some with impedance well below the recommended range, and others well above. And I could have made my ears bleed with all of them if I wanted to... so frankly, these discussions have always baffled me. I suspect that those having issues with low volume either have a hardware problem with the headphone amp, or there's a leveling issue elsewhere in the signal chain. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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