Genos headphone volume

[OmbDave]

Hi All, I have trawled through the forum for an answer but cannot find one, so my problem is that for LIVE  gigs I am using a Gear4Music wireless transmitter/receiver to earbuds through the headphone socket which works fine with no latency but I need more volume from my earbuds than the volume output to my QSC K series active speakers. I cannot find any way to increase the volume just to the headphone socket. Is this possible?
Here's hoping
Dave

[Graham UK]

Dave. If you are using the keyboards Line Outs L&R to provide signal to your speakers, these L&R line outputs are at a set level so volume from speakers is independently adjusted on the speakers themselves, but you have these set very high level for you not to at least monitor on headphones.
Assuming the headphone are driven from the headphone outlet which case the volume to the headphones is increased with keyboards volume.
 
Test by reducing the volume of your speakers so you can hear the headphones better.

[OmbDave]

Hi Graham, is it then impossible to have a different level of volume to the headphone socket? I did suspect as much. If so then I will use your suggestion of turning the speakers down and the Genos up, that way I'm not too loud for the audience but a bit louder in my earbuds.
I don't use a mixer i just mix everything from within the Genos and as you say just Left and Right line outs to the speakers.
Thanks for your help

[JohnS (Ugawoga)]

Hi
Maybe a headphone amplifier. Plug into mains. Out of Keyboard to IN on amplifier ,then out to Headphones. Prices vary and quality.
ATB
JOhn

[Graham UK]

OmbDave. depending on the impedance of headphones volume does vary from the same output signal. (Low Impedance headphones give higher volume for a given output.)

In general, low impedance headphones (which we will hereby define as below 50 ohms) are designed to work properly with portable devices, as they can efficiently reproduce adequate sound quality and volume from a low voltage device.
Conversely, high impedance headphones (50 ohms and greater) usually require robust amplification to perform their best.

[OmbDave]

Thanks John and Graham, the earbuds I'm using are Sennheiser into a Gear4Music Receiver/Transmitter from the Genos headphone jack. For my average size gigs I have the QSC's at three quarter volume and the Genos at about halfway volume. I suppose I could try them the opposite way around which would give  me more volume to the earbuds or if that doesn't work then I could look into John's suggestion of a headphone amp. Thanks for your help guys.
Dave

[Bill]

Hi Dave

As has already been said --  Lower the Gain (Volume) on each of the speakers, then increase the keyboard volume until you get a good mix.

Bill

[OmbDave]

Thank you Bill, I am going to try that at my next gig on New Years Eve.
Dave