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Hear Technologies Hear Back Four Pack

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Hear Back Four Pack with 4 Personal Monitor Mixers, 1 Hub, and Cables

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Monitor Mix for Everyone in the Band

The Hear Back system changes the way monitor mixing is accomplished on stage or auditorium - as well as, in the studio! Imagine getting your mix exactly the way you want it. With the Hear Back, you save time and get the sound just right, the first time. This affordable system is perfect for headphones, wired and wireless in-ear monitors, and/or conventional floor monitors!

Hear Back Four Pack at a Glance
  • Hear Back Hub with multiple inputs
  • Four Hear Back Mixers for personal mixing on stage or in the studio
  • Incredible value with an "all-in-one" attitude


Hear Back Hub
A single Hub supplies signal and power to a maximum of eight (8) Mixers - this bundle includes four (4) Mixers. That's one for you and three more for other members in the band! You can always purchase more Mixers (again, up to eight) if the need arises. If that's not enough, the Hubs can be daisy-chained using the HearBus In and Out for virtually unlimited system size. The Hub supports 8-channels of ADAT lightpipe or analog via DB-25 input. It couldn't be any easier!

Hear Back Hub Features:
  • Three switch selectable 8-channel input sources:
    - ADAT Optical
    - Analog
    - HearBus
  • 24-bit A/D converters
  • Digital inputs: 44.1KHz and 48kHz sample rates
  • Less than 1.5 milliseconds system delay
  • 3-LED four-level metering
  • Standard CAT5E - delivers power and signals to mixers
  • Daisy-chain for very large systems
  • Internal universal input power supply
  • 1 RU chassis

Hear Back Mixer
The Hear Back Mixer is your personal control surface that allows you to create YOUR OWN monitor mix - live! The Mixer features 10-channel control, 8 incoming signals and your own monitor volume. You also have control over the built-in DSP Limiter (designed as a "brick wall" limiter for hearing protection and to protect monitor wedges from overload). Also, for convenient on-stage or in the studio use, the Mixer offers a built-in standard threaded mic stand mount! Each Mixer is connected to the Hub via affordable and easily available Cat 5ee cables. Total control of your own mix - that's the Hear Back system.

Hear Back Mixer Features:
  • Local control up to ten channels of audio
  • Master volume
  • Built-in DSP limiter
  • 24-bit D/A converters
  • Less than 1.5 millisecond
  • total system delay
  • Bus status indicator
  • Headphone amplifier fault indicator
  • Link indicators
  • Standard Cat 5ee power and
  • signal connection
  • Balanced line outs, mono/stereo
  • Stereo AUX in: Expand numbers of mixers or drum module/metronome input
  • Built-in standard threaded mic stand mount

The Hear Back Four Pack includes four (4) Mixers, one (1) Hub, four (4) FREE 50 foot Cat 5ee cables, and one (1) FREE Hear Back analog DA-88 style cable saving you a total of $130.00!

Hear Back Four Pack Features:
  • Virtually unlimited system size
  • Very attractive pricing
  • Excellent audio fidelity
  • Built-in DSP Limiter
  • Very long digital lines possible without loss of audio quality
  • Audio inputs ADAT, analog, and the HearBus are switch selectable from the front panel.
  • Local control of up to ten channels of audio (8 inputs plus a stereo Aux input) Master Volume (controls the level to the headphones, line outs and the Aux input to the line outputs)
  • Built-in DSP Limiter (designed as a "brick wall" limiter for hearing protection and to protect monitor wedges from overload)
  • Headphone amplifier fault indicator in case of over temperature, or a short, the red LED comes on to alert the user something is a problem.
  • A second visual trouble shooting aid for the user is the Bus status indicator
  • Link Indicators - Whenever two pairs of mono inputs are linked for stereo operation the link LED is illuminated
  • Standard Cat 5ee power and signal Connection, cost effective, simple, non-obtrusive way to connect eight channels of audio. The Cable is held in place with a "built-in cable strain relief"
  • Balanced Line-Outs, Mono/Stereo
  • Stereo AUX In
  • Built-in Mic Stand Mount may be mounted to a standard mic stand or clipped onto a stand extension bar or clip
  • High Power - Low Distortion Headphone Amplifiers

Hear Back4 pack - One of the industry's most powerful headphone amplifiers!
Specification Detail
Manufacturer Part Number HB4

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Reviews

based on 4 reviews

Nothing Compares

by Alan Arnold from San Clemente, CA USA
March 28, 2010
Music Background: Drummer, Pro Musician, Music Technology Consultant,
I have been using a typical headphone power system in my home recording studio. I use it for recording and jamming with typically no more than 4 people. For some reason, we could never get a mix tha... read more [+]t everyone agreed on, and as the jams went on, all the musicians would keep turning their volume up. That made a very ugly sound and made the experience not fun. Although the HearBack is expensive, I thought I would try it.... and I will tell you it's like a new studio. Everyone gets control over their own mix, and everyone is happy. The sound is clear and true. I would have bought this a long time ago if I had known about it. close [-]

Crystal Clear Sound

by Arne Louison from Saratoga NY
September 30, 2006
Music Background: Musician / Studio Engineer
I was doing research into different monitor systems and I kept coming back to the HearBack because of the features. I finally purchased the system and I am amazed!! The sound is crystal clear and the ... read more [+]ability to be able to link channels is something that I could not live without now. I have owned and used other monitor systems and for the price, the HearBack is well worth it!!! I highly recommend it. close [-]

a very pleasant surprise

by Stan Brown from Sacramento CA
November 12, 2011
Music Background: recording engineer, musician, singer/songwriter
When this was first suggested as a solution for independent headphone mixes the thought of running Cat 5 cables in my studio that already has plenty of XLR and TRS jacks spread aplenty prompted a qui... read more [+]ck "NOPE!"

I use the RME FF800 interface with the Mixer Matrix and decided I just needed a headphone amp and purchased the Presonus HP6 in conjunction with an old Oz Audio Qmix- This worked but I seemed to spend a lot of time re-adjusting sessions (I do a lot of live recording with small groups) and as the session wore onm, inevitably someone would turn up and then everyone else would want more "me" and at some point the signals would become rather hissy.

I stopped using the Q-mix, relying entirely on the RME Matrix Mixer, but I still spent way too much time adjusting each persons level and the Presonus (IMHO) was slightly under powered.

I finally (mainly in frustration) decided that the Hear Back would simply let each person be in charge of their own damn headphone mix!

Several hours to run the Cat 5 cables (if you make your own cables be prepared to have your patience tested), the mixers mounted using Atlas podium mounts and short extensions and some aux busses set-up to route mix or click to ch1/2, drums to ch 3, bass to ch 4, guitars 1 and to to ch 5 and 6 (respectively), keyboards to ch 7, and vocals to ch 8 (although your needs may differ)... each mixerr can power 2 headphones, and there is an aux in on each mixer (though i haven't used)

amazing clarity, plenty of volume, despite one comment on a forum that the 1.5 msec latency was distraction (his hears must be much better than mine or the folks that have used it), a major improvement.

my nits (which are few)-
I wish ch 1 and ch 2 could be unlinked as a stereo channel (a combined level control for both)
I wish the signal could be totally 'mono' if desired
I wish analog and digital inputs could be used together close [-]

Great Monitoring System

by Mark Hodges from Willis,VA
June 1, 2004
Music Background:
Jeff Barnett here at Sweetwater told me this was a great system and he was right. Digital quality headphone mixes throughout the studio and it all took about an hour to hook up including pulling 12 st... read more [+]rands of wire thru the existing conduit lines. (4 spares while we were at it)



Before, in our studio, the mixes all sounded "mono-mushy" when they got thru the snakes, mixers,cables, headphone amps, junction boxes etc. Now the we patch into the original recording signal, then the signal goes into the Hear Back (24bit)converter and straight to the remote mixer and into your ears via your favorite headphones. Anyone in the studio that doesn't like the mix they are getting have only themselves to blame. And I plan to hang a sign telling them just that.


Thanks Sweetwater!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! close [-]

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