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Excellent price but have some issues...
The feature set is perfect, just what I was looking for to convert my small gig band from wedges to wired inear monitors. It has four stereo inputs and four headphone preamps. Each of the preamps can feed the signal from any of the four stereo inputs.
This is great as it allows me as an engineer to quickly listen other members mix without repatching anything, just turning the input selector. This is essential in a live situation.
Now, about these few issues...
The left and right inputs are backwards!
This was very puzzling at first. I connected everything by the book and the panning was backwards in our phones. At first I thought it was me doing something wrong on the mixer (X32) but after troubleshooting I found out that the inputs on the HP4 are indeed backwards. What's more interesting, it's not the labeling.
The first input is labeled as a left/mono input and when nothing is connected to the other input (labeled right) it does pass the signal as mono to both headphones. But that input is really the right input.
Or let me say it this way, I'm not sure if it is the inputs or headphone outputs that are reveresed, but if I connect the inputs backwards I get correct panning in the headphones.
It's no big deal in the end, not a deal breaker for sure, especially for the price. I did put a label on the back of the unit to remind me that the inputs should be connected backwards.
The other issue is that the inputs are not balanced. I have a wifi router mounted in the rack and we get some noise from it in the headphones. If I turn it off or remove it from the rack the noise disappears.
This is great as it allows me as an engineer to quickly listen other members mix without repatching anything, just turning the input selector. This is essential in a live situation.
Now, about these few issues...
The left and right inputs are backwards!
This was very puzzling at first. I connected everything by the book and the panning was backwards in our phones. At first I thought it was me doing something wrong on the mixer (X32) but after troubleshooting I found out that the inputs on the HP4 are indeed backwards. What's more interesting, it's not the labeling.
The first input is labeled as a left/mono input and when nothing is connected to the other input (labeled right) it does pass the signal as mono to both headphones. But that input is really the right input.
Or let me say it this way, I'm not sure if it is the inputs or headphone outputs that are reveresed, but if I connect the inputs backwards I get correct panning in the headphones.
It's no big deal in the end, not a deal breaker for sure, especially for the price. I did put a label on the back of the unit to remind me that the inputs should be connected backwards.
The other issue is that the inputs are not balanced. I have a wifi router mounted in the rack and we get some noise from it in the headphones. If I turn it off or remove it from the rack the noise disappears.
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Its great and functional
This unit is quite noisy but got a lot of functions, easy to use. Quality looks nice but it is not.
Couldn´t expect more for this amount of money but I´m happy with it.
Couldn´t expect more for this amount of money but I´m happy with it.
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Really useful but a bit noisy
This unit is really quite useful, especially given it's matrixing ability of 4 ins and 4 outs.
The caveat I have with it is that it's quite noisy, and when the headphones are driven past the middle there's quite an audible hum.
Nonetheless, it finds good use in my rack in my home studio
The caveat I have with it is that it's quite noisy, and when the headphones are driven past the middle there's quite an audible hum.
Nonetheless, it finds good use in my rack in my home studio
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Product quality is reflected by its price
Good amount of features for the price.
Wobbly Volume pots that are noisy when turned. Input selector switches require a lot of strength to turn. Extremely bright blue power led that is rather blinding at night. If only it had a power switch on the front, but on off switch is situated on the back which is rather daft for a rack unit.
Wobbly Volume pots that are noisy when turned. Input selector switches require a lot of strength to turn. Extremely bright blue power led that is rather blinding at night. If only it had a power switch on the front, but on off switch is situated on the back which is rather daft for a rack unit.
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