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I've just bought some Waza Air headphones - £311. They make practising spectacularly hard to avoid, as they're really easy to use and have a good range of sounds.
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There's an FX block called "Air" which makes the patches sound particularly spacious with headphones on.
The app is fine - its like having a Katana amp built into a pair of headphones, and you can connect multiple bluetooth devices. So my phone controls it, but then I can stream audio from my tablet to the headphones at the same time.
I wish there were more controls on the headphones, but I think I can map the buttons to enough sounds/effects, I just haven't worked out how yet.
They are well sealed, so I can't hear people talking when I'm playing. I don't think they can hear me playing, well they haven't complained yet.
Edit: and build quality appears good. The wireless adapter to plug into the guitar is really nifty. The switch is engaged when you plug it in, so it turns on and off automatically.
If so, and you already have a laptop, a decent but basic USB audio interface (esp, any on Black Friday discounts) + a copy of either S-Gear 2 or your Neural DSP plugin of choice would fit just about in budget, and most likely blow a lot of the competition out of the water in terms of sound quality/flexibility.
But obviously it's a more involved setup (plug interface in, etc).
Otherwise for very basic practice, I can vouch for the amplug: dirt cheap, uber practical and sound surprisingly good.
Overall, the best mix of quality + convenience would probably be the Waza headphones (which I haven't tried but clearly people really rate them)
Surely you'd be better off with a Pod Go or Mooer GE150, 200 or 250, or an Ampero, and a decent set of headphones, both of which could be used independently with other gear?
I also have a Helix and a nice set of headphones and even ignoring the inconvenience of having to set it up and plug in, it isn’t as “realistic” to play through even though it sounds “better”. The Waza are immersive, close your eyes and it feels like you are actually part of the performance you are playing along to, this is particularly true of accompanying live recordings.
Also, don’t discount the wireless element, before trying the Waza I’d have said it wouldn’t be a deal breaker for me but having tried it, I wouldn’t go back.
bluetooth to phone app to change tones
bluetooth to phone spotify to play along
just brilliant and I’m playing more again.
The HX Stomp (and other Helices) just gut a 'stereo imager' in the latest update which seems quite useful for headphone use