Millenium HP4 Reviews

One channel broke pretty fast. Sounds ok.

Great Value

For the cost of this product it is perfect for my needs. Plenty of volume and clarity and easy to use.

Good enough

Everything is ok. Sound, handling. I will probably buy another one soon.

As good as any

For the price, as with a lot of these things, you cant go wrong. If you need an amp that can have 4 different inputs, then this is the one for you.

I use this for tracking a band where each player needs their own headphone mix, and it comes in very useful.

Also the fact that it has 2 outputs means you can route a signal back through into a compressor or external unit as an additional output if this is in your rack with a patchbay.

Very useful and well built.

Annoying

Pros:

- 4 stereo inputs.

- Each of the four outputs has a four way switch to choose what to hear.

- Quite loud

Cons:

- Unbalanced inputs. If this paralleled off an output that is also sent elsewhere, beware the signal to elsewhere becomes unbalanced.

- It just doesn't sound very good. Its hard to say what it does to the sound, but I don't like it.

- On the front panel next to each headphone out is a peculiar "stereo output". This will drive headphones and is always full volume. It is an accident waiting to happen. (and has happened to me)

If you are faced with a straight choice between this and a Presonus HP4, then buy the Presonus. I find this Millenium / Alctron HP4 is just annoying.

(I own a Presonus HP4 and I think it sounds lovely)

Great little tool

This is an amazing little head phone amp for the price. the addition of input selection is really handy as well. cracking up the level does reveal a sizeable noise floor, but for getting audio to a loud drummer and sharing mixes. It's perfect.

Great cheap headphone amplifier

I've had no problem with this. Works great, and great output. Use this when recording to be able to use several headphones and with the possibility for different inputs to each headphone.

Headphone Amplifier

Excellent value for money. Very good sound quality. Line and phono outputs on the front are very handy. I use this with a Presonus Firestudio to record voiceovers and I'm able to give each actor their own mix. Very useful unit.

Cheap basic headphone amp. Does what it promises.

This fits my needs perfectly. It's a basic headphone amp with 4 stereo/mono inputs, and 4 headphone outs. The switchable routing is useful, as you can audition all the headphone mixes without patching. Basic unit, but does the job perfectly. Highlt recommended for the price.

Atlieka savo paskirti

Daiktas tikrai atlieka savo paskirti. Su dejais laidais (vienoj pusej stereo jack, kitoj 2 mono jack) pajungiau stiprintuva prie Scarlett garso plkstes ausiniu isejimu. Taip gavau arba 2 stereo kanalus, arba 4 mono su skirtingais miksais kiekviename. Muzikantai gali atsisukti savo kabnala ir pasireguliuoti garsa. Jei naudot konsole su aux'ais, tai pajungimas dar paprastesnis.

Stiprintuvo garso kokybe nebloga. Tiesa, klipina gana geit zemus daznius, tai kick'as negrazus skamba. Stiprinimo lygis geras. Net Beyerdynamic DT-880 Edition 600 Ohms paveza :-).

Manau, kad kaina atitinka kokybe. Rekomenduoju.

No nonsense headphone amp

I bought this for the bands IEMs. Straight forward, no nonsense, amp and extremely good value for money.

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.

Cheap and cheerful

This does as it needs, it amplifies 4 headphone signals as need and does a very good job at that. Its pretty well featured too, able to take 4 mono or stereo signals and instead of passing them through to the corresponding output channel, each output can choose which signal from the input it outputs. This is useful if your mixing 4 monitor mixes as you can switch between the channels and hear what the artist is hearing.

It also has a line but I cannot comment on the usability or functionality of this as I have yet to use it.

It doesn't have the most amazing build quality, it does indeed feel cheaper than other units and on channel one my units volume knob is extremely stiff; initially taking two hands to turn it.

Does what it says on box, its not the quietest headphone amp around but if you are just looking for a cheap way to split a signal round a room for tracking then it does exactly what you need it to.

Owned it a couple of years and never had an issue with it. Nice option of selecting inputs on the front so very versatile.

Useful, not perfect.

Chosen specifically to provide power for multiple headphone mixes from pro tools outputs. This task is one it completes with ease. 4 channels of output, each with a selector to choose from the 4 channels of input. This is an extremely useful and versatile unit even for its flaws... It goes LOUD. Beware! However, on occasion it has been liable to distortion at low levels, on all or just some input and output channels. I feel that this is a far better unit overall, when compared to the Behringer HA400 which is probably the closest comparison at both features and price. Were it to break down or be stolen, I would either buy the same again, or save up for the Presonus HP60 which is IMO the top top headphone amp.

Avoid

This box has failed several times (smth with the power supply) - 2 times has been repaired, now 2 channels are not working at all. Power on button is on its back - and it is a rack unit?! Avoid

4 channel flexibility

I'm using this product in a rehearsing studio for monitoring vocals and instruments. Firstly I look around on the net to check the cheapeast possibilities on the market....also checked the E-bay and other audiotechnical sites....but I did not want to spend 90-100 Eu for a used product.

Than I've found the solution in the Millenium products. HP4 was half price and it has flexible input and output variabilities. We also can use it with mono and stereo sources and each input can put on all output separetly either. It's in robust metal standard rack house so you can fix and take it anywhere you want to use.

The only deficiency is the rear side has signed the outputs opposite as the inputs are on the back side. Same direction would be much more clear, but maybe it's irrelevant.

A Good little Headphone Amplifier

Very good for the money. I use this with my V-Drums and 01v96 to give me more headroom on my Sennheisers and I must say how surprised I am at the quality. Very low noise and lots of level. Excellent.

Millenium hp4

Great Straight forward easy to use piece of gear. Really worth the value for small studios.

millennium hp4

Great features for this 4 channel pre amp. Cheaply made but it's cheap as chips.