Millenium HPA In Ear

Needs a very strong line-level signal to be loud enough

You have to feed the HPA a very, very strong line-level signal. Only then will full volume be almost too loud for your ears in your buds, and you can therefore turn it down a little and have some control over the loudness level.

But if you feed it an average line-level signal, you'll have to keep the volume knob at full, and still barely hear you're playing above the stage noise.

Does 9V power mean you can put this on your guitar pedalboard? Not necessarily - it's bloody huge. If this is your intention, measure it very carefully, and allow for plenty of access in-front (knobs) and behind (cables).

Build quality is good. Sound quality is good, and no hiss or hum using my pedalboard power.

Apart from the amplification issue, this is a nice wired-IEM unit.

Okay thingy

It does what it's supposed to do, but the sound goes crackling when the input volume is too high. Which is unfortunate because I use it as an in ear alternative on stage, where there is a lot of sound. So in order to hear myself I need to turn up the volume to the cracling level

Well built and solid

I purchased this to be build into a custom Rack unit, so the first thing was obviously to take it apart. It's surprisingly well build for the price with good workmanship. Can't think of flaws yet 'cause it is not used as originally intended :-)

Well built but not very loud

Very solid unit with simple but sufficient features, my only issue is that I can't get a lot of volume out of it (into Sennheiser in-ear monitor earphones). Whilst this may be due to a low input level the behaviour of the active loudspeakers other band members use for foldback suggests that there is plenty of signal.

A mosquito in my ear

A well featured headphone amp at a great price... BUT...

there is a constant and really annoying mosquito buzz. I send the first one back, but the second was just the same; I should have returned it again for a refund of course, but life gets in the way!

Awesome!!!!

works really well, very portable. And the most important is the price is very affordable.

An essential for in ear monitoring

This box is a godsend! I have used it on every gig I've done since owning it. It is also a very affordable option in this product category. The knobs on the front are of pretty good quality, the only slight annoyance is the fact that the balance knobs centre detent is slightly off where the notch catches. This is hardly something that would ever turn me off buying this product. The sound quality is great and it boosts my signal from mixing desk to in ears perfectly, the volume knob works perfectly also!

Nice, simple, basic features

Bought this to use with Shure SE-215CL when playing bass.

Nice sturdy and useful box.. Very well built with some nice features, and good sound. Output signal could be a little bit better, but for the price price it's okay. I would give it 4/5 rating stars if only it could have 6.35mm jack socket.

But for the price it is really good choice.

Affordable battery powered headphone amp

Does what it says on the tin. Sounds fine. Very useful that it can be battery powered. The battery lasts plenty of time and the low batt light gives plenty of warning.

Able to drive headphones more than loud enough for my needs.

The headphone socket can be slightly recessed which causes problems for some plugs. I bought five, had to dismantle them all to get the headphone socket flush with the front panel.

Great value but let down a bit by build quality.

Entry level

This unit is great for the money. We use it week in week out for our bass player. He uses some Shure 215 drivers.

Only issue is that it's a bit big and you cannot attach it to your belt. That said, it sits on top of the bass cab and is close enough for the bass player to plug in to.

Basically it's fine and it's great value for money.