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Headphone impedance explained...

Posted by genungo on June 19, 2014 at 13:11:13

In Reply to: Why are higher impedance headphones hard to drive - newbie ? posted by bjh on June 19, 2014 at 05:38:59:

It is not really true that high-impedance headphones are "harder to drive" than low-impedance ones. Headphone "sensitivity" is the gauge, but high-impedance headphones like voltage while low-impedance headphones like current. The amplifier must be capable of giving the headphones the kind of power that they like most...

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