Behringer MA400 Reviews

A bit flimsy, but does the job

The build quality is a bit flimsy, but the sound is pretty good for the price.

Extremely useful

A great little headphone amp, with tons of useful features. Highly recommended This is my second one. (Not because there was anything wrong with the first, I just needed another). It's used in a small studio setting). As others have mentioned, it doesn't really work all that well if you for instance plug your microphone directly into it, you need a preamp in between.

Perfect for monitoring

Low noise, good power. No complains.

Perfectly works

Easy way to hear better what mic is taking.

Very useful mixer

I like this tiny personal mixer. It allows to have a good monitoring mix on stage. The only feature I miss is the belt clip.

Cheap & durable

Use this for visitors in a home for the elderly. Visitor speaks in a mic and inhabitant listens through a closed headphone. Only device that allows this for this price. Decent sound quality but headphone amp isn't very strong.

This thing is useless for amplification

I bought this hoping to amplify my headphones instead of having to adjust the volume on my amp when I practiced later in the evening.

This unit did absolutely nothing to amplify the signal: whatever goes into the unit comes out of the unit at the exact same level, with no perceivable amplification taking place whatsoever.

The unit has great build quality and it's cool that it has several input and output options, but it doesn't actually amplify anything.

Thankfully it's not an expensive product, so I couldn't get too upset about it not working correctly. I like to think that I simply "got a dud" but if this product works "as intended" then I'd recommend to stay away from this Headphone "Non-Amplifier" and get something else.

Such a disappointment for such a promising product.

no volume increase

Got no amplification from this device.

Tried 2 pairs of headphones - Sennheiser hd25 70ohm and beyerdynamics dt880 pro 250 ohm, both had same volume levels from my forcusrite scarlet solo with out the amp.

Tried in stereo and mono with and without jack Adapter 3.5mm Stereo To 6.35mm.

Great for pedalboards

I use this headphone amp on my pedalboard so i can practice around my house without having to drag my amp or my interface with me. It works like a charm but since the signal coming from the pedals is quite weak and i had some space available on my pedalboard, i put an old ART Tube MP that i had laying around between the pedals and the amp. Now my pedalboard sounds amazing by itself.

My signal chain is:

Bass > Zoom MS60B > EHX Deluxe Bass Big Muff > Booster/EQ > Boss DD3 > TC Electronic Hall Of Fame > ART Tube MP > Behringer MA400 > Beyerdynamic DT-770 PRO

(It's a weird set of pedals and a even weirder placement, but that's how i like it =D)

Expected more output

I didn't made any measurements but for example you have a set of Behringer drums as the XD80USB which have a low headphone output and are expecting this amp to use the monitor input connected to line outs in order to get a better level, forget about it. There is not enough gain. Output power is reasonable with sensitive headphones, I used German Maestro GMP8.35 Monitor.

Does what expected

It's a sturdy metal thing that does exactly what it's supposed to. And it does a good job too.

My only little complaint is that the bottom surface is lacking any rubber feet and the unit is a bit slippery. I solved it by buying adhesive rubber feet for 0.6$ and now it's purrfect

Excellent

I have 3 of them, very handy, and great sound.

Avoid...

... if you want loud enough sound. This preamp doesn't make any signal any louder.

solid and do what is expected

good quality, nothing to complain about. solid and load.

Not loud enough

The build quality and features are ok, but the headphone amp is not loud enough for a live band practice situation. I can barely hear myself over the band, with the monitor volume all the way up.

Great introduction to in ears

If you are trying to get used to the in ears this is a really good way to do it on the cheap. Nice little interface and is a cheapoer option than some of the pricier options.

Very small and useful stuff

You can mix a stereo and a mono signal with this box for your headphones.

The quality is fairly good, the sound as well.

Good thing that you can plug the monitor signal into the mic input (you should moderate the level to avoid distortion).

It can be useful for drummers, or for vocalists.

If you have phantom power on your mixer or audio interface, you can use condenser microphones as well although the equipment doesn't have own phantom power.

The only complaint is about the power because it won't be loud enough with headphones which have a high impedance.

Good for on-stage monitoring

Bought this for using with in-ear monitors on stage for monitoring guitar. So far sounds very good and has transparent signal.

Only thing i wish was better - switchable line in/mic in button - mic in has quite high level, so sending in an usual signal from processor can overdrive the signal. Solved this by turning down right channel of my guitar processor(I am sending to FOH just mono signal), so I can achieve loud signal without distorting it.

Great addition to our studio.

Allows the vocalist to set their own headphone balance which in turn helps them perform at their best.

VERY GOOD

Really good, compact headphone amplifier. It has jack and XLR input and also one XLR output which is perfect for stages as you can use it as monitor and continue the line into the next one without any problem. I use it as in-ear monitor + metronome. Yes you can have 2 things in at once which is pretty cool for me. You also have jack and aux output for headphones. You can also change output signal to MONO or STEREO which help's me a lot with metronome because it has mono output. There is actually no bad things about this amplifier. It is very compact so you can store it anywhere you want. It a must-have for every drummer who hits the drums hard ;) .