Mesa Mark Five: 25 Headphone Out

[prs19]

Those who have or have tried out the Mesa Mark Five: 25, have you tried te headphone out? If, so how much volume is output? Is it enough to really hear the amp and any effects you may have? I bought the cab clone when it first came out and was very disappointed in the volume level of the headphone out. I needed some kind of headphone amplifier to make it really usable as a practice tool. Just curious if this is similar in the amp.

Thanks!

 

[CoreyT]

My Mesa Mark Five 25 is 6' from me, but I have never hooked up headphones to it yet, so I am curoius about this too.
I will try to hook up my Sony studio cans to it this weekend.

 

[alantig]

Those who have or have tried out the Mesa Mark Five: 25, have you tried te headphone out? If, so how much volume is output? Is it enough to really hear the amp and any effects you may have? I bought the cab clone when it first came out and was very disappointed in the volume level of the headphone out. I needed some kind of headphone amplifier to make it really usable as a practice tool. Just curious if this is similar in the amp.

Thanks!

I'm not in the market for one of these amps, but I'm curious to hear about this as well. I have a CabClone, and the headphone out is probably the weak link. Given that it's a passive box, that probably shouldn't be a surprise, but I'll be interested to see if they addressed it differently on the amp.

When I tried the CabClone at the store, I had a pair of sealed ear headphones. When I had the gain and volume cranked up, no probs. When I backed off on the gain and played clean, I could barely hear myself over the guy playing through the stack about 20 feet away.

 

[prs19]

Thanks CoreyT...looking forward to the report!

 

[CoreyT]

OK, just got done playing for around thirty minutes or so.

Experimented on both the clean channel playing clean, then moved it up to the crunch mode on the clean channel with the mid boost activated.
Also played all three switch positions on the higher gain channel.

It sounds darn good with the headphones only with the speaker switch turned off, and set to either closed back or open back.
I am using Sony MDR 7506 Studio Professional headphones.
http://www.amazon.com/Sony-MDR7506-Professional-Diaphragm-Headphone/dp/B000AJIF4E

You do have to turn the volume knob up higher than you would if you were using just the speakers.
I can turn the volume down on the amp and the cans sound good, or turn it up even higher for more "feel" when wearing them and it sounds great.
Perfect for jamming if you do not want to disturb anyone around you.,

I have zero experience with the Mesa standalone product called the Cab Clone, but the one built into the amp sounds great.
Have not tried the DI out using a cable to my Zoom R24 recorder, but someday will experiment with it.