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FiiO E9 + lower-end cans

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1/27/12 at 9:48pm
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Okay, this is gonna sound weird, but it's just something that crossed my mind...

 

Okay okay so... Today I ordered my first headphone amp ever, the FiiO E9, for my first high-end cands ever, the Senn HD600's. So yay, I'm a big boy now I guess.

 

So, I have 3 other regular-sized cans (not including the sweet new IEM's I invested in recently) sitting under my desk: Senn HD 202's, Panasonic RP-HTX7's, and a pair of plain ol' Sony MDR-V150's. What I'm wondering is: how well would a nice(r) amp like the E9 drive a cheap pair of cans?

 

A REALLY silly question, I know, but I'm a n00b at this audiophilia stuff and I was just whimsically wondering if anybody else had ever tried such! o2smile.gif

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post #2 of 4
1/27/12 at 9:51pm


Well if you are using low impedance cans/IEMs they won't play nicely with the E9 as its impedance is high. I hope that is not the case for you as it will make things unbalanced.

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Originally Posted by AndreiKuznetsov View Post

Okay, this is gonna sound weird, but it's just something that crossed my mind...

 

Okay okay so... Today I ordered my first headphone amp ever, the FiiO E9, for my first high-end cands ever, the Senn HD600's. So yay, I'm a big boy now I guess.

 

So, I have 3 other regular-sized cans (not including the sweet new IEM's I invested in recently) sitting under my desk: Senn HD 202's, Panasonic RP-HTX7's, and a pair of plain ol' Sony MDR-V150's. What I'm wondering is: how well would a nice(r) amp like the E9 drive a cheap pair of cans?

 

A REALLY silly question, I know, but I'm a n00b at this audiophilia stuff and I was just whimsically wondering if anybody else had ever tried such! o2smile.gif



 

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post #3 of 4
1/27/12 at 9:59pm
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LOL, it doesn't really matter, it's not like I'm gonna be using the E9 for anything really other than the HD 600's.... still it might be funny just to hear what happens....
 

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Well if you are using low impedance cans/IEMs they won't play nicely with the E9 as its impedance is high. I hope that is not the case for you as it will make things unbalanced.



 



 

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post #4 of 4
1/27/12 at 10:03pm


Well I hope you enjoy them. Maybe later you can look into the Objective2 amp. They have a DIY kit for $100.00 and a pre-assembled unit for $150.00 (which I opted for). I'm actually selling my E9 amp and the O2 took its place :).

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LOL, it doesn't really matter, it's not like I'm gonna be using the E9 for anything really other than the HD 600's.... still it might be funny just to hear what happens....
 



 



 

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