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post #91 of 95
11/3/12 at 11:09pm
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Originally Posted by ertai View Post

Thanks for the suggestion smile.gif

 

For the purpose of solely reducing volume, do you think this item would be suitable?

http://www.ebay.com.my/itm/281009593372?ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1438.l2649

 

I am using a different headphone than an Etymotic though

 

I don't recommend the adapters made by "wemakeamp." They had bad build quality, sometimes the channels were imbalanced, there was static, or the sound collapsed into mono. Look for the ones made by the eBay seller "awwan." They are more expensive, but I never had any issues like that with them.

 

It doesn't matter, Etymotic or not.

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post #92 of 95
11/4/12 at 7:47am

Thank you for your advise smile.gif

 

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I don't recommend the adapters made by "wemakeamp." They had bad build quality, sometimes the channels were imbalanced, there was static, or the sound collapsed into mono. Look for the ones made by the eBay seller "awwan." They are more expensive, but I never had any issues like that with them.

 

It doesn't matter, Etymotic or not.

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post #93 of 95
11/4/12 at 9:23am
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Originally Posted by paaj View Post

Sound may change, no way to tell other than trying (at $11 what's to lose?), but it'll definitely lower volume. Read the previous answer again, it still applies to your question. Except that you probably need to exchange fax with faux. It's mentioned in the topic start ;)

 

I got one like those (well, the other one in the start post as I thought it looked nicer) at 120Ω and the volume really is significantly lower.

facepalm... yes - my retarded spelling.

 

The faux adapter will avoid the impedance mismatch, and drop the volume. :)

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post #94 of 95
11/5/12 at 1:04am
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Originally Posted by manveru View Post

 

I don't recommend the adapters made by "wemakeamp." They had bad build quality, sometimes the channels were imbalanced, there was static, or the sound collapsed into mono. Look for the ones made by the eBay seller "awwan." They are more expensive, but I never had any issues like that with them.

 

It doesn't matter, Etymotic or not.

I can also vouch for the adapters made by "awwan", everything I've bought from that seller has been above-board and high-quality, with no issues.

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post #95 of 95
5/11/13 at 6:57am

I have an xonar stx on order and have creative aurvana live 32ohm headphones and I dont have the skill to make one of the faux impedance adapters, I wondered if adding a splitter and attaching an extra set of headphones would deal/help with the impedance problem? or would I just be making things worse and adding impedance to the stx output from the headphones perspective.

 

sorry in advance for my noob ness lol

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