hi, ordered a fiio Q1, it has very low op impedance, cheers

thanks to all

thanks, the only reason i want to try an amp with the xba4 is that to get a good bass response i have to drive them pretty loud, and they sound, to me, fantastic, however,  the ears are delicate and although i love to blast all my phones, i do it for only a few seconds. I believe amping them...

i have the sony xba 4 iems, i am looking at amps but none support  8 ohms.    Is 8 ohms harder to drive than 16 ohms?   i thought 8 was less impedence than 16, but then i read that my 2000 ohm sennheiser headphones are hard to drive, so im confused. 

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hi, edit,  i do not hear any unwanted sibilance on either of my xba's, so I have to disagree on that point. If a singer creates sibilance and the engineer leaves it in the recording I want to hear it, if it is not reproduced then the phone has some degree of high end roll off, has been removed, ...

hi, spyro, will you kindly explain why you state, "the sony's would be a downgrade" cheers

apparently you cant do better than what you have

just keep them, if you say you cant hear the rattle when wearing them, what's the problem?