Chairman
New Head-Fier
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Hi,
Just a question out of curiosity. I've heard a lot of people say that higher impedance headphones can't really be driven by unamplified sources, and that the volume would be very lacking etc. My DT770s and 880s (both 250 ohms) have no volume issues plugged into the front panel jack of my PC (Xonar DX card). I usually keep the volume at about 50% and it's plenty loud. I'm aware volume is largely subjective, but I've turned it up past 75% and I have a hard time believing anyone would consider that to be too quiet. I do own a headphone amp, but I'm just curious as to why this is...is there generally some kind of amplifier in the front panel jack of computer audio that I'm overlooking? Is it just an exaggeration that higher impedance headphones would be too quiet without an amp? Did I just get (un)lucky with both my headphones?
Thanks
Just a question out of curiosity. I've heard a lot of people say that higher impedance headphones can't really be driven by unamplified sources, and that the volume would be very lacking etc. My DT770s and 880s (both 250 ohms) have no volume issues plugged into the front panel jack of my PC (Xonar DX card). I usually keep the volume at about 50% and it's plenty loud. I'm aware volume is largely subjective, but I've turned it up past 75% and I have a hard time believing anyone would consider that to be too quiet. I do own a headphone amp, but I'm just curious as to why this is...is there generally some kind of amplifier in the front panel jack of computer audio that I'm overlooking? Is it just an exaggeration that higher impedance headphones would be too quiet without an amp? Did I just get (un)lucky with both my headphones?
Thanks