[carlin]

I am using my iPod 3G and using 192 lame files and i have to turn up the volume close to the top just to get respectable volume on the 280s. This really eats up my battery pretty quickly, and I use the backlight. Is their something i need to get for iTunes to make them louder, or what? any help would be great,thanks,

Rob

 

[hero zero]

while I don't have an iPod, you might need an amp to get higher volume...i think the backlight drains a lot of power too....

 

[noiseunit]

an amp. i refuse to use my 280 without one unless its directly out of my d33. my iriver flash player cant drive them for **** without one, neither can my Revo. i find a supermini hooked to the revo or any of my portables helps things quite a bit.

 

[Tyson]

Yes, and a supermini will give a notable increase in sound quality and bass slam.

 

[carlin]

I dont have the cash for an amp, so i just upped the volume level bars in itunes by two and it seems to have helped, and I can always change it back if it becomes a problem, but it seems to help me conserve battery life...and by the way, where can i find that amp you guys were talking about?

 

[SunByrne]

Backlight really eats the iPod battery a lot, so this is part of your problem.

The Web site for the SuperMini is here:

http://www.fixup.net/products/pktamp/smini.htm

 

[HighwayStar]

Carlin,

Here's some tips for extending your battery life from Apple

 

[Whitebread]

Changing the song gain will not conserve battery life. All it means is that you will not have to turn the volume know up as high as you did before. The same amount of electricity is flowing out of the headphone jack to your speakers. The only difference is that the amp doesn't have to "amp" as much cause the source is hotter.

 

[Ymer]

Maybe carlin has the 300ohm version?

 

[carlin]

what does that mean, I got a different version? is that bad, should i return them? and they sound better when i changed the gain, it sounds of course louder now...

 

[hero zero]

there are 3 versions of the HD280...there's the 64 ohm impedance version, the 64 ohm silver version, and the 300 ohm impedance version...there's also the HMD280 that has a built in mic...

anyway, pardon my rambling, the model the the HD280 you have is printed on the left earcup, in the form of its impedance...in most cases, it's 64 ohms...however, if you got the 300 ohm version, you might want to return it if you don't a powerful amp or high pwered equipment....

I don't have any high impedance headphones, but my impression is that without an amp, high impedance headphones will sound very soft, but even if you could getting to insanely loud levels, the headphones will sound kind of thin, dead, uninvolving, etc...