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Old 05-25-2009, 03:35 AM
GreenLeo GreenLeo is offline
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Originally Posted by Vinnie R. View Post
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Those IEMs are just too sensitive and their sensitivity is in the noise floor of the headphone amp (and dac), so I don't think they will be the best match.

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Hi Vinnie,

If the sensitivity of the IEM is in the noise floor of the dac, does it means that even if I use the output of the Isabellina DAC to a hypothetically absolute quite amp, my IEM will still hiss?

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GreenLeo
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