Headphone Amplifiers
Headphone amplifiers are often overlooked. Many of us
engineers are willing to invest significant amounts of
money on the latest and greatest headphones in the
hope that it could be the silver bullet to more accurate
monitoring. However, all too often, it is the headphone
amplifier itself that fails to deliver. That inability to drive
‘those’ headphones properly, will only leave you
wondering, ‘what’s missing?’.
When we designed the headphone amplifier in our
flagship 500R8, we quickly realised that we had
something special. It’s low distortion, high power, and
frequency linear performance ‘lifted the veil’ on any set of
headphones we used with it - our customers agreed.
The Headphone amplifiers in Camden EC2 feature the same reference grade design found in
the 500R8. Whether you’re tracking with high-impedance, over-ear headphones or
low-impedance, in-ear monitors, Camden EC2 delivers maximum performance and zero
latency monitoring.
Channel Level Controls
The Channel Level Controls [F11, F13] are analogue level controls that adjust the volume of
Camden EC2’s preamp channels in its Aux busses and headphone outputs. The controls are fed
directly from the analogue output of the preamps and so enable the headphone outputs to
monitor the preamps in zero latency.
Ch1 Level [F11] - Adjusts the level of preamp channel 1.
Ch2 Level [F13] - Adjusts the level of preamp channel 2.
Stereo Pan Switch [F15]
The Stereo Pan Switch [F15] sets the Pan position of Ch 1 and Ch 2 in the Aux Headphone
output. When the switch is off (Up), Ch1 and Ch2 are panned to the Centre of the Aux
Headphone bus, When the switch is on (Down), Ch1 and Ch2 are panned to the left and right
sides of the headphone outputs respectively.
This is ideal when Camden EC2 is being used in stereo mic’ing applications and you want to
monitor the recording in true stereo through the headphone outputs built-in to the unit.
Aux Headphone Level Control [F14]
The Headphones Level Control [F14] controls the overall level of Camden EC2’s Headphone
Outputs.
Warning:
Camden EC2’s Headphone Output is extremely loud! Prolonged exposure to
loud music can cause permanent hearing loss. Please exercise caution when
using N22H and reduce the Headphones Level Control [F14] when listening
for long periods of time.
Camden EC2 User Manual
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