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**Vince2** · 03-23-2010, 10:18 AM

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I have a Rodgers 330 analog organ with its factory spring reverb unit and often have to use headphones connected through the Practice Panel. As discussed in a previous thread dated <?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" /><st1:date Year="2009" Day="25" Month="10">10/25/2009</st1:date>, the sound is terrible, but can be improved by using an Alesis reverb and connecting headphones to it instead of the panel. <o:p></o:p>
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You just plug the input and output cables from the spring reverb unit into the external reverb unit -- (Radio Shack parts). And then plug your headphones into the Alesis. Compared to the Practice Panel, you'll think you've died and gone to heaven :-) Grant <o:p></o:p>
I want to do exactly what the writer suggests. Disconnecting the RCA size IN and OUT jacks from the existing spring unit and reconnecting them into the IN/OUT jacks of a new unit is not difficult. However, I've not found a reverb unit from any manufacturer... Alesis, Behringer, <st1:place>Harrison</st1:place>, etc that has a headphone jack. <o:p></o:p>
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Does anyone know of a reverb unit that has a built-in headphone jack or how to create one from the reverb unit's out jacks and still be able to have those OUT jacks feed into the organ as they normally would? There would be voltage differences to deal with.<o:p></o:p>
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Inside the organ and mounted on the knee board is the spring reverb. Its OUT lines connect to a box under the keyboards. Wiring from that box then goes to the Practice Panel. That indicates to me that replacing the springreverb and using those same IN/OUT lines the quality of reverberation would be improved, however, the signal out of the Practice Panel headphone jack may not change at all because it is feed from the box under the keyboard. I can't help but think that a direct connection to the reverb unit would provide much better sound. Any thought about the good/bad of this would be greatly appreciated.<o:p></o:p>
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Also, I'm totally confused by all of the features on the many available reverb units on the market. Many of the features are designed for guitars and rock music and seem useless for organ. So far, the <st1:place>Harrison</st1:place> "2 Channel digital signal processor for organ ambience and reverberation" (listed on eBay for $150) and the Alesis NanoVerb seems to be the most simple and applicable to an organ. I would like to hear from anyone with recommendations and thoughts about these and any other models by any manufacturer. <o:p></o:p>
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Again, the goals are to improve the sound through headphones and also to have natural sounding reverberation that allows different frequencies to reverberate at different rates through headphones as well as speakers. <o:p></o:p>
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Thanks for any help and advice.<o:p></o:p>
Vince<o:p></o:p>

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