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X-Fi Titanium headphone amp??

post #1 of 10
9/25/11 at 7:33am
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i thought i had a built in amp

 

does it??

 

(btw its not the hd)

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post #2 of 10
9/25/11 at 7:39am

Everything you can plug a headphone into has a built-in amp. It may not be powerful.

 

What headphones are you using with it?

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post #3 of 10
9/25/11 at 8:27am
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i am using shure 440 i know it only uses 44 oms but i going to upgrade to 200 oms headphones

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post #4 of 10
9/25/11 at 8:46am

Impedance alone doesn't matter. What headphones are you upgrading to?

 

Do you have this card already, or are you just considering it?

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post #5 of 10
9/25/11 at 9:16am
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i have it already and i am upgrading to DT 770 Pro (250 oms version) i havent bought the headphone just consdring also if it can can it power some hfi 900 pros

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post #6 of 10
9/25/11 at 9:30am

Ultrasone Pro 900? The card will power the Ultrasones. The Beyerdynamics, that's questionable. Not only do they have high impedance, they have fairly low sensitivity (actually the same as the Ultrasone). They need about 2.5x as much voltage as the Ultrasone for the same volume.

 

If you don't want an external amp, I would stick with something easier to drive than the DT770 250 ohm just in case. You might be okay with the 80 ohm version of the DT770.

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post #7 of 10
9/25/11 at 9:35am
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thx i think i will stick with the pros 900 and mabey get the the 770 80 oms version later

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post #8 of 10
9/25/11 at 8:27pm

Titanium HD doesn't have dedicated amplifier circuitry for the headphone out, according to ROBSCIX of Guru3D.

 

The Essence STX on the other hand, does. But the Titanium HD would probably be the better sound card for gaming :).

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post #9 of 10
9/25/11 at 8:39pm

He said "X-Fi Titanium", not "X-Fi Titanium HD" (very different cards), though I would be very surprised if the latter wouldn't have dedicated headphone amp circuitry, just because the Auzentech X-Fi Forte was released beforehand, allegedly has a dedicated headphone amp, and the Titanium HD's targeting the same segment of audiophiles who might also be into gaming.

 

Then again, maybe they expected the buyers to have their own dedicated headphone amps.

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post #10 of 10
9/26/11 at 2:43am

I apologise, I just assumed it would have been the HD in question. I didn't even realise the Titanium was in production anymore o_o.

 

It has a headphone "amp" in that it has a headphone out - MP3 players have headphone "amps", but not really a proper one. I agree, it seems a little strange to me, but then the headphone amp on the STX isn't mind blowingly good or anything - so the lack of a proper amp on the HD saves a bit of money.

 

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