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Do I need a headphone amp?
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<blockquote data-quote="croak" data-source="post: 151469" data-attributes="member: 361"><p>Cheap headphone amps like CMoys typically are able to swing more volts then some portables so with high impedance headphones they will give more and drive mainly.</p><p>These headphone amps are not designed to deliver much current which is what's needed to improve on the std output when driving low impedance cans.</p><p></p><p>To some extent one might say that the ideal solution for either low and or high impedance phones is unlikely to be one amp.</p><p></p><p>You can have a gain switch but this does not take away from the fact that the high current output stage is more complex then it needs be for a high impedance phone that could be driven off the preceeding voltage amp skipping the buffer completely.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="croak, post: 151469, member: 361"] Cheap headphone amps like CMoys typically are able to swing more volts then some portables so with high impedance headphones they will give more and drive mainly. These headphone amps are not designed to deliver much current which is what's needed to improve on the std output when driving low impedance cans. To some extent one might say that the ideal solution for either low and or high impedance phones is unlikely to be one amp. You can have a gain switch but this does not take away from the fact that the high current output stage is more complex then it needs be for a high impedance phone that could be driven off the preceeding voltage amp skipping the buffer completely. [/QUOTE]
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