Darkglass Electronics Element Headphone Amp and Cabinet Simulator

With the Darkglass Electronics Element you get a premium-quality, road-ready headphone amp and cabinet simulator, with cutting-edge control design.

The Ultimate Quiet-Practice Tool

This awesome little headphone amp has been designed using a uniquely innovative approach, delivering cutting edge design and technology into a seemingly straightforward device.

Whether you're looking for the best quiet-practice amp you've ever played, or a tool that will help expand your musical reach, the Darkglass Electronics Element could be just what you need.

Darkglass Electronics Element Headphone Amp and Cabinet Simulator Highlights

• HQ Headphone Amp - drives 2 sets of headphones
• Handmade at Darkglass Electronics HQ in Finland
• IR Cabinet Simulations
• Free Darkglass Suite - for loading additional IRs via USB or Bluetooth
• Bluetooth and 3.5mm Aux connections - allows jamming with backing tracks
• Tough metal housing with unique control surface
• Powered by 9-12v DC PSU

Innovative Design

Taking inspiration from the excellent Hyper Luminal Compressor pedal, the Darkglass Element sports a minimalistic design with a plain surface and zero control knobs.

In place of control knobs, the Element makes use of three fully-tactile slider-potentiometers with positioning LEDs, meaning the Element is both aesthetically pleasing and intuitive to use.

Versatile Range Of Cab Sims

The Darkglass Electronics Element comes equipped with a bank of 5 studio-quality cabinet simulations right out of the box, as well as the ability to add more via the Darkglass Suite software package, using either a USB cable or Bluetooth connection.

Not only that, but Darkglass are continuously increasing their Impulse Response database, not to mention the potential to load any custom IR that you may have from third party sources.

As if that wasn't enough, as time goes on there will be future upgrades to increase the Element's functionality.

Suitable For All

Whilst most of the products within the Darkglass arsenal are aimed solely at bass guitar players, the Element offers something new: multi-instrument compatibility!

Whether you play bass, guitar, synth, or even electronic drum kit, this pedal-sized headphone amp is simply perfect for silent practice, especially when sitting at the end of your pedalboard chain.

In addition to this, you can even hook it up to an amplifier output (with a separate load or speaker cab connected) and transfer the signal direclty to a Front of House or recording system, vis the XLR DI output.

Bluetooth Connectivity

As if all of that wasn't enough, Darkglass have added in the latest Bluetooth A2DP technology, which will allow you to stream backing tracks from a tablet or smartphone.

In addition to this, two headphone outputs allow interactions with another player, making it an incredibly helpful tool for collaborating on compositions, or working through tricky rehearsals in tim for live performances.

Darkglass Electronics Element Headphone Amp and Cabinet Simulator Specs

• Input Impedance: 2 M ohm, 18 k ohm, 12 k ohm
• Signal Level Attenuation: 0dB, -12dB, -30dB (Max. 900 W amplifier can be connected to input (external load/cabinet required))
• Parallel Output: Passive output for speaker/load connection when using Element with an amplifier
• Aux In: 3.5mm stereo input
• Bluetooth: Stereo audio (A2DP). Impulse loading via Bluetooth with the Darkglass Suite.
• DI Output: Balanced XLR with ground lift switch
• Dynamic Range: 105 dB (A-weighted)
• Sample Rate/ Resolution: 48 kHz @ 24-bit (Latency < 2.2 ms)
• Impulse Response: 5 impulse slots plus bypass setting
• Headphone Connectors: Dual 3.5mm stereo outputs with individual volume controls
• USB Connector: Micro USB C