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@APC01, wrong thread. Those are iems. This is an "earbud" thread.
Absolute best budget earbuds?
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https://www.aliexpress.com/item/GM5...id=0ebb073b-2eec-46d4-9f22-67c9913b9abf&tpp=1
it seems there are 13 orders for this after i posted the link earlier ...just waiting for reviews...could be another top tier budget buds perhaps?
it seems there are 13 orders for this after i posted the link earlier ...just waiting for reviews...could be another top tier budget buds perhaps?
300ohm and 95db sensitivity, probably needs decent amping. Might be good though hard to say.
so u think smartphones and laptops dont do well with this ? for the price maybe it doesnt hurt to try?
Can’t be sure but sensitivity is pretty low. No it doesn’t hurt to try at this price, just a caution incase it ends up being power hungry.
Yeah 300ohm with no amp is not great imo... I'd not use anything above 64ohm with phone/laptop, I like when it's comfortably amped.
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300ohms you aren't gonna hear anything in anything else than a complete silent environment... these totally need an AMP
Or worse, it will get peaky with too much upper mids, lower treble, no bass and lack of definition. You won't do earphones justice by doing so.
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I agree that amping brings out the full potential, but I'm listening to my 320ohm Zen 1's out of my S7 edge (exynos) right now, and not only can I hear them, but it's way too loud at full volume. Oh yeah, they sound pretty good too
I don't think so. I have used high impedance buds (yinman 500, puresounds 500, TYhiZ650, etc) with my Samsung S7edge and Tab S2 no problem
Impendance isn’t always the determining factor when it comes to being well driven power wise. Also if an earbud gets loud enough but doesn’t have the required drive to provide the energy I’d consider that not well driven but that’s not to say every high impendance earbud is like this.
I wonder if the S7 has a decent amp like the LG v20 does.
I wonder if the S7 has a decent amp like the LG v20 does.
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True. Earlier when I tried the Zen's off of my S7 (which I don't normally do), I rationally knew that they probably weren't being optimally driven. But I didn't stop listening for 3 hours, so they must have sounded all right to me
Not sure. But I do know that my version (Canadian, exynos) doesn't have the volume limitation applied (like I think it is in Europe?).
Might be EU have some guidelines on that some companies follow it.True. Earlier when I tried the Zen's off of my S7 (which I don't normally do), I rationally knew that they probably weren't being optimally driven. But I didn't stop listening for 3 hours, so they must have sounded all right to me
Not sure. But I do know that my version (Canadian, exynos) doesn't have the volume limitation applied (like I think it is in Europe?).
i am confused by this impedance thing.. 300 Ohms means they are not likely to reach their full potential in normal everyday smartphones and laptop sound cards?
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At 300ohm and 95 sensitivity, it shouldn't be properly driven via normal smartphones. There's the possibility, but it's unlikely.
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