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Umm.. at what impedance?
That is the point.
Good question, I may ask the designer.
Umm.. at what impedance?
That is the point.
current drawn / voltage required will be smaller for the headphones with lower impedance.
My bad, you are right, current drawn will be higher at a lower voltage with a lower impedance headphones. You weren't very clear in your last post xDWell, no. The Current won’t be lower for lower impedance... it will be higher. That’s what I was clarifying.
It doesn't really matter. All you need to know is how much power it's able to provide at a given impedance.Good question, I may ask the designer.
It doesn't really matter. All you need to know is how much power it's able to provide at a given impedance.
Dave can do 1.4W at 33 Ohms and 154 mW at 300 Ohms. By using the dB/mW Efficiency rating of a headphone, you can figure out if it will be enough.
Oh yeah! Purely by looking at the specs, Dave has more than enough power to drive the LCD 4.Yes, I know. By the numbers DAVE will easily be enough for 110dB peaks with the LCD-4, which should be plenty for most (at the risk of long term hearing damage), but others are free to disagree with the numbers.... or sonic preferences.
I need to clarify that I was simply discussing the differences with Voltage and Current delivery, not any specific gear’s capability.
Yes, I know. By the numbers DAVE will easily be enough for 110dB peaks with the LCD-4, which should be plenty for most (at the risk of long term hearing damage), but others are free to disagree with the numbers.... or sonic preferences.
I need to clarify that I was simply discussing the differences with Voltage and Current delivery, not any specific gear’s capability.
I think it's the DAC and not necessarily the AMP, the AMP is fine. When I tried the DAVE with an LCD 4, I found it too warm and the soundstage quite a bit small, or maybe the AMP colors the sound. I usually find Chord products to make the sound warmer and the soundstage smaller, it's kinda their house signature. However, purely looking at Power, it's more than enough for LCD 4.Yeah I don't know if its necessarily a power thing with the Dave but it sure does sound a little lack luster to me, maybe the TT2 will work better.
I think it's the DAC and not necessarily the AMP, the AMP is fine. When I tried the DAVE with an LCD 4, I found it too warm and the soundstage quite a bit small, or maybe the AMP colors the sound. I usually find Chord products to make the sound warmer and the soundstage smaller, it's kinda their house signature. However, purely looking at Power, it's more than enough for LCD 4.
Interesting....so something like the Mojo where it does not have a dedicated AMP section, just caps?The two are essentially one in the same and not seperate components like in traditional DAC/amp combos. You can’t seperate the sound of the analogue output from the DAC with Chord products. Think of the output more like other DAC’s line-out.
Interesting....so something like the Mojo where it does not have a dedicated AMP section, just caps?
Makes sense. So it was designed to be used as a DAC instead of a 2 in 1.It’s a single output stage that does not require buffer/filter/or seperate gain stage because of the Pulse Array DAC. It’s all combined with the I/V stage (the critical Current to Voltage conversion) and volume is controlled digitally.
Makes sense. So it was designed to be used as a DAC instead of a 2 in 1.
Can someone relate "efficiency" to input impedance of a load? If the LCD4 has input impedance of 200 ohms, but equal efficiency as the LCD4z which has input impedance of 15 ohms, how does that work? Within the bounds of ohms law...