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I finally got an Aguilar!
- Thread starter Dr. Cheese
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Looking forward to your thoughts on this once you’ve had an opportunity to use it!
My initial reply is that the preamp on this little headphone amp is several steps above any other headphone amp I have ever tried. The tone options are clearly audible and usable. This headphone amp is only $59. This is very nice so far.
I'm also in the market for a headphone amp for easy practice on travels. I'm leaning towards Fender Mustang Micro Plus due to its Bluetooth connectivity instead of having to deal with an aux cable. Did you try that - can you A/B with Aguilar?
This was not directed at me, and I have NOT tried the Fender, but my experience with real-time bluetooth devices is the latency ("lag") makes them unbearable as a musician. Non-musicians may not notice, but...
If you’re just using Bluetooth to play audio into the device the lag is irrelevant. I would concur that a headphone amp plug with Bluetooth audio is a fabulous practise tool. I’ve had the NUX Mighty Plug and now a Boss Katana Go, and both have been excellent.
Am intrigued by the Aguilar for its simplicity. But since the bass is so big by comparison, anything that fits into the gig bag is portable enough for me, so can be quite big, eg a Zoom B3.
For travel I use a Boss BR-80 with aux in for playalongs. It can record, has amp sims and effects. It's a swiss army knife of portable guitar amps.
At home I connect a Bluetooth receiver to the aux in and stream mission/Moises etc for leaving, practice etc.
For travel I use a Boss BR-80 with aux in for playalongs. It can record, has amp sims and effects. It's a swiss army knife of portable guitar amps.
At home I connect a Bluetooth receiver to the aux in and stream mission/Moises etc for leaving, practice etc.
Does this one clip/distort at all? A ways back, I bought a Roland Pro X or something, and that thing was clearly not made for bass...not even close to enough headroom.
I still use those cheap Pockit Rock-it devices, but Aguilar's seems pretty cool.
The mustang micro is a great practice tool. The main complaint is the lack of good bass tones. The Bluetooth capabilities really makes it great. IMO Aguilar missed the boat here. They should have included the BT option. They would have sold like hotcakes.
I had an early bass Amplug, and i just bought this Aguilar version a few days ago. Eagerly waiting for it's delivery.
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I also have the bass Amplug and it’s finally showing its age in the form of a sketchy connection in some parts of the jack’s rotation. Very curious to see if the Aggie version is a solid replacement or if it’s worth upgrading to a katana or mustang