Vox amPlug 3 Plug-In Headphone Amplifier with Built-In Stereo Effects and Volume Control (US Silver)

This thing does exactly what it promises: deliver the tone of a classic amp through your headphones. I needed something to let me play through headphones, since even my 5w tube amp was too lout for a lot of times at home. I'm something of a tube amp snob; I really like the tone and response of a good all-tube guitar amp.One thing that drew me to this amp is that it actually uses an analog circuit imitating the amp of choice instead of just a digital modeler as all the others do. And for a solid state circuit, the silver version of the amplug does a really good job at matching the tone of a vintage fender amp while also having response and dynamics very similar to what I'd expect out of a tube amp. The clean tones out of these things (at least through good headphones) are just amazing. It sounds and feels just like I'm playing through a Fender Twin.That clean Fender sound is the main reason I bought this amp. Rather than plugging directly into my guitar, I plug it into the last pedal in my chain and use an 8' cord to plug into my headphones. I was a little nervous about how well this thing would take pedals, and the answer is just like an amp (with one caveat below)! My eq pedal still perfectly shapes the tone, my distortion sounds just like it should, etc. It lets me effortlessly switch over from my amp to headphones when I need to be quiet. (If I wanted to be really slick, I could put an A/B switch at the end of my chain and just change between amp and phones with the tap of a foot.The built-in effects are pretty good too. I tooled around with the gain, and it's a good, realistic sound. That said, you only have one option, and I'm more partial to the crunch of my pedal, so I keep the amp clean. The other effects are nice too, and it's nice to be able to add a bit of reverb and stuff to your sound. Are the effects a match for a good pedal? No, and I wouldn't expect it to be for a cheap, tiny headphone amp. But they definitely aren't worse than a cheap pedal, and the fact that they come included is really just a bonus.CONS:Yes, it's flimsy, as many reviews state. It's made of cheap plastic, and I'm sure it would be easy to break. That's the tradeoff for the low price you pay. It doesn't feel like it's going to fall apart though. Don't yank it out of the plug or set the guitar down on it, and store it in a place where it won't get excessively banged around.The amp doesn't have a lot of headroom. A booster pedal can very easily push the amp to breakup, and unlike the gain channel on the amp, this distortion does not sound good (ie you can't push it like you would a tube amp). If you're using pedals, make sure to set the levels so that the input signal isn't too strong for the ampThis is an amazing tool for playing electric guitar through headphones. It really is like playing through a good tube amp.

This is a cool little headphone amp. Perfect for apartment living. Sounds really good through my headphones

I really wanted to like the amplug3 but unfortunately this was quite disappointing. I tried two units but had to send both units back for the same issue.The tone is very nice and I dig having only a limited number of amps compared to other competing products. My issue was that there was a heavy interference with my home wifi network. Anywhere within 12ft from the router I could hear a loud rhythmic thumping noise that got louder when approaching the wifi router. My router is in the room where I play guitar so keeping the two more spatially separated is not an option for me. Besides this, this amp has a very noticeable background noise which I guess is fine in an amp through speaker situation but not through headphones. These were my main quirks. In addition the built quality is not great. I wouldn't hold against the product for its low price but the manual controls are really barely usable while the amplug is plugged in the guitar. The labels are tiny, black on black and not readable, you don't know what effects are selected without going through all of them... just a lot of compromises. I get that this is low cost but how much did you spend on your guitar and other equipment.... It is a pity as the tone is indeed great and I would have kept it for that.Get this only if you are realllllly on a budget and don't play close to a wifi router.I ended up with the Katana Go which sounds great and has neither the wifi interference nor the background noise plus several other advantages. It is just by far worth the extra cost.

Sounds amazing and is very handy, unfortunately, after a couple of months the headphone jack failed. Now I have a piece of junk.

I treated it gently, but Unfortunately, electronics quit working after return window