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Review on 🎧 Mackie HM-4 4-Way Headphone Amplifier Mixer Accessory - Black | 1-ch x 4 Headphones by Veeravelu Tang

Revainrating 1 out of 5

Really disappointed in Mackie

I never thought you could hate a headphone amp as much as I do but wow what a disappointment. First good news. it sounds good when it works. However, mine has a bad channel in headphone mix 1, which of course I discovered during the session. The singer complained that he could only be heard from one side of the phones. After about 20 minutes of troubleshooting, I determined it was a brand new headphone amp and quickly switched to Mix 2 to end the session. That would have been enough, but it was more fun. I couldn't get the block out of the rack. After dragging everything around, I found that it's larger than the standard 1.75 inches! The chassis itself is exactly 1.75 inches tall, but it has four pan head screws that protrude about 1/16 inch from the bottom. So when I was trying to get it out of the rack I found myself poking out the chassis of the mechanism part at the bottom with these four screw heads. Oh and I hit the chassis as soon as I took it off and the bad channel popped out. Uuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuyuyuyuyuyuyuyuyu Aberuuuuuuuuuu! It's been a while since I've bought any of their gear but I'm afraid things have changed. It was a complete failure and I strongly encourage you to look elsewhere. Note. Just before writing this review, I noticed that another reviewer stated that the device is mono and not stereo because the reviewer only hears one side of their headphones. Sounds like a serious quality control issue.

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June 24, 2023
Almost great
February 01, 2023
Yes, Exactly What You Need
January 30, 2023
I was sold a broken product.
January 28, 2023
Really disappointed in Mackie
January 25, 2023
Almost great
January 25, 2023
Headphone output split into 4 controled headphone outputs
December 13, 2022
Good Construction and Does Not Seem to Suffer RF Interference from Ham Radios
November 21, 2022
Mackie, I'm not mad. I'm just disappointed.
October 12, 2022
Works in stereo