If I'm feeding the transmitter with a pro headphone amp like an RND-RNHP, would I turn the volume knob on the amp to max and control the volume at the headset? Do you have to learn gain structure for these?
ASKED BY · Douglas Carmichael · 23 SEP 2026 · ▶ 00:45:24
Use the metering in your interface to find the sweet spot to avoid clipping the transmitter, then set a maximum volume level and adjust via the headphone's physical volume wheel.
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45:00But I think we'll have optional materials as well that will eventually be available in the near future. I will not hold up my third set of headphones that is sitting next to me and reveal the fact that they're falling apart. I think I've only had these for 12 years or so. Next question. Coming in through the QR code, Douglas Carmichael asks, if I'm feeding the transmitter with a pro
45:26headphone amp like an RND RNHP, would I turn the volume knob on the amp to max and control the volume at the headset? Do you have to learn gain structure for these? Yeah, so you could max out the volume and then just use the volume on the headphones. Sometimes the feed you can run into clipping the transmitter if it's delivering a super
45:54hot feed. So with my own interface, in my experience, it's pretty easy to kind of find the sweet spot with the metering in the plugin itself. and then I kind of find that max volume setting is like loud as I'm in a monitor and then from there kind of turn down the headphones so just to make that more clear what I would do is sort
46:19of max out the volume on the headphones turn up your headphone amp to kind of as loud as like you would want it and then from there you can kind of dial back your volume oh I forgot to mention there There is a volume wheel on the headphones themselves. That's why I keep reaching back here. So you can actually adjust the volume directly on your earphone cup as well as, you know, on the computer.
46:45So that's how I like to use it. But you could also, you know, do the reverse and sort of use your headphone amp. That's got to be an incredibly useful feature. I can't imagine having to ask for it. Turn them down. Turn them up. to just be able to reach up and determine your own. And it becomes second nature when you get used to it.
47:05It's like, you know, you'll probably put on other headphones and be like, wait, why can't I control the volume? Where's my knob? Love it. Next question. Coming in from New York City, Brody Hefner is asking, if using them wirelessly in a situation where your signal chain includes side tone, one's own voice in the mix, would the single digit millisecond latency be perceptible or distracting for some users?
47:31What have people said to you before, Brian? How much does this bother anybody or not? So as I said earlier, I think 10 seconds is kind of generally recognized as like the threshold of, you know, audibility where you can start to kind of hear. I think you said 10 seconds. You're talking 10 milliseconds, right? Yeah. 10 milliseconds. Because 10 seconds is really confusing.