All user reviews for the Behringer Powerplay Pro-XL HA4700

To put it simply:

What is significant:
Rackable-
-4 Independent channels
-3 Outputs per channel (including 1 front)
-1 Aux in independent for each channel
2 band EQ -1 independent for each channel
-The possibility of a "mix" by adjusting the balance between the hand and in the in each channel.

Parcontre:
Portard-notched (which do not allow a precise adjustment of volume). We are often trying to adjust the volume
From breath-
Buzz-A disgusting that intensifies the closest channels alim
SAV-A UNABLE TO RECOGNIZE THE FAILURE OF THEIR PRODUCT ON SEVERAL KEY FAILURE TO HA 4700 ...

In conclusion, despite the benefits it can bring, if it again, I will not take this product with the basic use is simply challenged by a deplorable buzz.

I use it for 11 years, it works great, I do not understand the negative reviews for this type of product!
Behringer made progrets they bad but they also have very good!
Personally I'm not hyper fading brand but I notice in some pro studio a few of the brand ... (like what!)
To back headphones that price should not be required, this is not what will make your sound!
I recorded sessions or musicians had their headphones with the Powerplay is n'à person could say, quite the contrary ...
After course! there is a little breath, but I have not had any cracks or anything.
To return headphones is nikel!
I never neglect my purchase and I would do this choice with his eyes closed.

The Behringer Powerplay Pro-XL HA4700 is a 4 channel, high powered headphone mixer and distribution amplifier. It features a stereo 1/4" input on the front, 1/4" and xlr left and right inputs on the back, 1/4" and xlr left and right outputs, and connections for headphones (in 1/4 stereo form) on both the front and the back of the unit. There are four independent headphone amplifiers here, although you can certainly hook up multiple headphones to the same amp, which allows this unit to be used with 12 headphones, or 12 destinations. Each headphone amp channel also has an aux in, which allows you to independly mix in a second signal for a specific headphone channel. This is great if a certain user wants a certain instrument louder in their headphone mix. Notably, I used the aux feature to mix in my vocals louder in my headphone mix.

There is a master level input control, but I find for most sources, you can max this knob, without any clipping on the input. There is a nice meter on the input that shows if the signal is clipping. This same meter exists for all 4 amp channels as well. At times I find that the headphone amp doesn't get loud enough (mostly for drum applications), and I have to force it to clip in order to get loud enough. This is a big worrying, and I feel like I may be damaging the headphones.

Each channel also has independing bass and treble controls, to help tailor the sound to a specific set of headphones, or to a specific user. I generally do not have to fiddle with these settings, but turning treble down when putting guitars though the headphone mix can be very useful, as guitar tones can be very piercing.

Overall, the HA4700 is a versataile headphone amplifier that is suitable for studios, live bands, and for personal use. It's affordable and solid.

Bought yesterday to voice session with Beyerdynamic DT 770 Pro. I chose to mute Left Right, and in direct auxiliary input. Another motivation: the price: If the MODEL is dfaillant or fails, its affordable price trs allows it to be a "consumable". I used other sytmes onreux more, and even if for reasons beyond Retailer I just n'apprcie its audio quality, I do it again this choice.

Indeed, the RSID intrt do not in the audio reproduction: what comes out of headphones is not good trs (headphones: AKG K440, Sennheiser HD600, HD580 II, Beyerdynamic DT990 Pro DT 770 Pro). The sound is not prcis, lack of bottom up and aggressive is incomplete (!), The bandwidth is limited and dynamics missing ... etc ... short, for anyone who wants to make prcise COST: no. It is also impossible to deny a low-level design: in other manufacturers more stringent when the level is infinite (here rglage 0) means no, here we still hear an audio signal ... but on the cot and right across the audio outputs ... weird.
The equalization (per channel) has only MRIT than Xiste. We have the rglage bass & treble, and their action does not give a nice report! (But see below: within +)

However, and it's the intrt: trs is complete and well thought over his features. Diffrent its direct entry in, with auxiliary rglage per channel (front and rear), his mute left and / or right, the summation of the Stereo (mono then). . while a channel = ease of use ... The same as the handling of each knob and Crant is enjoyable and consistent in quality: fairly rare in this constructor to be signal: good point.
The Eq: dsastreuse still in its audio quality, ... but it is what intrt Submitted practical to cut a little treble to minimize them in the repisse headphones on the microphones. It just so far. I'm not talking from the bottom which is unfortunately absent original, so you can just add that the Behringer between the enlve.

To conclude: dsastreuse quality audio (without any EXAGRES), but features and trs compltes effective. To return musician: So it's almost perfect. Convenient, fast and comfortable to use
But so what?? and although its price and because it trs well thought of his duties ... I do not regret that choice. So a good return for MODEL musician or headphones INTERPRETATION.

Retailer also after notice I'm not sure what to add except that it is a very very good investment! for a little over 100 channels there are 4 DIFFERENT (on which you can plug headphones 4 each).

The sound quality seems to me more than enough to back, but I can not speak for another use (utiliss headphones are the real bottom line: AKG 55).

Features greatly conomisent my nerves! The bass player can be mounted on the canal without covering anything that had to have prtention bass guitarist can keep his earplugs under the headphone (oh yeah there a. ..) without us blowing the ears ...

The knobs individual bass / treble can still be used ... although now I do not too useful. There are some useful features (from stereo -> mono to return on foot bath, mute), for details, see the Behringer website.

There are more than enough power to dcrocher cells of your headphones, though the ones I used had a impdance low (like 32 ohms to 16 or even AKG for shure e2) then on big studio headphones it should be less empty; m'enfin we are all one-third of the race of volume knob, gain gnral half. There gure the guitarist-to-balls-plugs that grows his own half but his headphone and morflent itself: we see her cheeks tremble every stroke of the bass drum ...

With my meager exprience, I refer this choice!

I have a few days, it's good stuff cheap. Vu-of nitre and each output, bass-treble and volume per channel. I use it to power 4 headphones: Sennheiser IR basis (with two wireless headphones), a HD200, HD570 and a AKG 210.

There are plenty of gain, can make a really lot of noise in the ears. INTERESTED what is it that is in between XLR or jack and the signal is returned or XLR jack. It all parat con, but allows sound to continue its path towards a very easy amp for example.

I'll let you know if I change my mind ...

[edit 9/11/05]
APRS over a year, I confirm the opinion of Fmarine: dpouill the sound of his bass and treble lose much DEFINITIONS. The amps are clearly not "HiFi". However, this device fills completely and the rle of monitoring during recording, it's perfect. I leave my note especially dfaillance has no t seen since July 2004.

Strengths:
Cheap, effective ... Behringer thank you. Paid € 129 in MegaHertz.

Finally, we can repeat any time (drum machine, guitar simultaneously with HP, DI bass, keyboard ... all in the headphone!)

A few complaints:
1 The entries do not accept a very high signal, or they have tendency to saturate, and there is nothing to indicate! After various tests, it seems that it comes from my device??

<p class="bbcode-offtopic"> Off topic: <span>Response to ZavierXP - Thanks for the bit of information ... obvious ... But I do obviously not talking about that! The saturation of which I speak is born when all indicators are largely green (since it is necessary to specify such things ... lol)
I misspoke, and I was misunderstood ... deSolla.

Here are the details ... :
The small LED which you speak you learn about two things: the level of pre-amplification of the input signal from the preamp general, and the level of the signal output by each section ... Even with a signal level of a wild entry, the LEDs of the input section of my device does not display more than -30 dB ... Therefore the LEDs do not provide information directly to the input level in the device but on the amplification of the signal by the camera ... Everyone follows?

Thus, my indicators can be in the green to -30, yet the sound is distorted already! Strange ...

Clearly, either the input stage of my camera to a very weak tolerance against what it says in the manual, since it is in theory capable of handling far more than the 4 dB, the LEDs of the section General pre-amplification does not work (unlikely since it is easy to know the level sent to the HA4700 from the previous device in the audio chain.)
In this case, whether tested out of my TLaudio C1 or 01V96 (when reliable gear to control the output level), the sound level quickly saturates HA4700, while it is still very much in line levels tolerated (-10 to +4 dB). You plug the headphones into the headphone output of the 01V96 to the same noise level ... like, the sound is clean ...</span>

2 ° A light breath on this output 2 and 3 (No 1 and 4, why ...) which pre-amp channels 2 and 3 are responsible.
A whistle (5000-6000 Hz) continuous with the pre-amp-General is responsible (audible on all channels) when more than half of the race. Thinking it was a problem of mass or earth, I tried the device in different rooms, with friends at local to repeat, nothing to plug ... anything done! Of course, I said that no flag is in the red ... In view of the headroom that this device, I can not imagine anyone foolish enough to paste his ears with a headset plugged into the HA4700 with red LED. Even my drummer (death metal) with DT770 plugs and the head does not grow back the gain when the club Starclassic recording! Apparently, the forums are full of users with this problem, which is not to reassure me.

I do not denigrate provided Beringher, quite the opposite (I have a B2Pro which is awesome for the price). The sound is fine for the use described above, rehearsal style, local radio ... target what you want to do with! To be objective, however, can not deny that this unit is responsible for a loss of sound quality, see a deterioration sometimes pronounced.

For the price and convenience, home, home studio, repeated, back-recording, radio station -> 10/10
For audio precise -> 3 / 10

Refine much the use you want to do! ...

- How long do you use?
I use it for a year in my home studio or in concert. In home studio he used to multiply the number of headphones to prevent the return of her in the mikes, and the concert is the ultimate comfort, especially for an accurate listening and adapted to each musician. With good balance and a left-right division wise, we listen to that is to be without a head full ...

- What is so special that you like most and least?
The separate tracks that allow each musician to have his own sound. However the quality of the connection is not exceptional but it is not impacting. To see a longer use ...

- Have you tried many other models before buying it?
I have not tried the other model, but on paper is one of the most comprehensive and flexible ...

- How would you rate the quality / price?
The value for money is great! It was worth the money, and for that price it's a shame to do without ...

- With experience, the choice would you do? ...
With the experience I would do but less time waiting before I decide!

Ok, the "hyper pros" say it's the m. .. e. ..
But frankly for € 109 ... new at Thomann Go look ... Vas ... That happiness.

My problem?
Hear my guitar and make it get along ... Well done!! And everyone is happy ...

If it is to spit on the product, thank you not to make 36,000 mistakes, loulous!!

- 10 months (109 € Thomann)
- 1 + 1 general admission per channel (/! Not available on 8000) + 3 headphone / Canal
- Nothing is solved my problem for this great price!
- RAD (Nothing to say: perfect).
- Yes, because I'm not Rotchild! And I is not the top 50!

Mr. Poet, when the red LED lights is not good! It's in the manual!
I use with Shure e2c, and my guitar is a mid-range headphones ... And no problemo!

9 / 10 'cuz nobody is perfect!!

NB: THIS IS NOT A SPLITTER!! It's good for a local rehearsal, those who still believe that we can have the stuff to 100 € pro shoves his finger in the eye!

I use it to grate returns and in-ear headphone rptition from 6 months (I'm not the sr MODEL roughly half that of I-2007).

No lie about the possibilities, many. But:

-Its really a dnatur ... trs's really not beautiful: the breath, or even big buzz, bass disappear (there rcuprent eq Intgr but not fte, not pr cis), treble aggressive ... I used to serve me a small table to prampli behringer headphones, and it is incomparable!
>>> On its ear fatigue much faster than normal.

-The notches on the volume of output headphones are not practical ... can not rgler in precision is not practical ...
>>> On in-ear, one passes easily from too low to too high a notch!

Obviously the price has made the service his small, but it really dcevant, and I am yet prt dfendre behringer on other products (including mx8000, a little less brave recently after 10 years of loyal service, but even when, or BCF2000 so convenient to not have a round or small consoles, some compressors ...)

short, I do not know what we can find honnte good prices, but it's even uglier this product ...

Behringer, there are many bad, but when there is good ... it's very good!

Let me explain my use of this device that I use for about six months, with in-ear headphones and extension jack 5 meters ... (Except for me: UHF: p)

I first enter every instrument in the rack Behringer DI-DI Pro 800.
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On the bottom of each channel of the DI-Pro 800, an XLR cable from the console to join the mix.
In front of each channel of the DI-Pro 800, an output "unbalanced out" jack fate, exactly the same signal that what comes with XLR I thus connects each channel of the DI-800 to Pro each channel of HA4700.

Ass of HA4700, I have 2 jack inputs / XLR which I connected the output "Control Room" from my mixer so that each headphone mix receives general.

The 2 XLR / jack located next door, return exactly the same signal that what goes into these entries (even off camera), thereby bringing in a second string HA4700 if you have more than 4 zicos, or so simply plugging the speakers back in addition.

<strong>Each</strong> of the 4 channels of HA4700 therefore receives <strong>generally</strong> the mix, <strong>and for each</strong> instrument connected to it (via the DI-800 Pro for my part, which allows me to further equipment connected to each channel).

Result: not only is each musician <strong>hears mostly his own instrument, and the main mix</strong> (ie all other instruments) referred to by the mixer, but in addition, each musician may, for his headphone:

- Determine a preference between [+ instrument] / [+ Mix]
- Determine the bass made in his headphone
- Test for Acute
- Determine the volume of his headphone
- Have an overview of its volume, each channel being provided with an LED VU meter.

And it's not over! Far left of the facade, an instrument input "general" will be returned to all headphones. Me, I plug in a metronome for musicians that are all square <img class="smiley" src="/images/audiofanzine/interface/smileys/icon_lol.gif" alt="" /> And it does not pass in front ^ ^

The use of the DI-800 in addition to Pro as I do is not essential, but without it, your instruments are not connected <strong>to the headphone amplifier,</strong> and thus does not pass in front (well, each output headphone is split, one forward one aft, you can use it to swing back the sound, but suddenly if you increase the volume on your headphones, then inevitably you increase the volume of your instrument).

Then level sound quality is not great, but that's not what we want: the listening volume is rendered still more than enough to get along despite a battery, an electric guitar and a whole mix , and using it with in-ear earphones and a UHF system, its just the foot in comfort for every musician get along perfectly, and still hear the music perfectly as well.

So, even pregnant need to rehearse, or even pregnant back on stage, which considerably reduces the risk of feedback, and lets you mount the volume of the microphones!

It's a purchase I do not regret: to repeat or do a concert, the difference in comfort with / without, literally day and night.

I use it for a few weeks, I tried a samson before, but they are based on the same operational amplifier, only the channels change.
opportunities are attractive, Front AUX, 12 headphones manageable

it is not expensive, and frankly for a small home studio, it's really very good!
course, we feel that the quality of manufacture is not a standard utlisation intense and caution, but a headphone amp does not troll around!

I carefully considered my choice and knowing I'd do it again!
you just know what lo'n wants is a product intended to be fixed, manage headphones, and not of HP.
I did not notice any saturation or breathing, even pushing the knobs. I drive the Sennheiser HD560 (old high end), hd 477, hd 515, hd 201, hd 450, hd 435, and no problems, we come easily to match the levels.

short, a very nice vehicle to advise! but being aware that for the accurate recording, you need a more accurate monitoring than him.
Me, I plug my best headphones directly to the mixing desk to monitor, since the powerplay connects the output line, he!