kkrazik2008
100+ Head-Fier
FYI for y’all as a newbie reading through may be utterly confused about this, there can be three impedance options via 1/4” and only one via XLR:
• XLR outputs have 8 ohm output impedance
• 1/4" stereo TRS output has selectable gain attenuation between 0dB and -6dB for greater volume control range on higher sensitivity headphones
• 1/4" stereo TRS output on full gain, 0dB attenuation setting has selectable output impedance between 8 ohm (Low setting) and 120 ohm (IEC setting)
• 1/4" stereo TRS outut on -6dB gain attenuation setting has selectable output impedance between 3 ohm (Low setting) and 115 ohm (IEC setting)
@thehutch you should have heard a significant change going from 120 ohm to 8 ohm on your ZMF, dampening factor at these two ohms is in play. Obviously it will be more noticeable on a lower impedance headphone such as the Utopia over a 300 ohm headphone, it still should be quite noticeable in a different way.
• XLR outputs have 8 ohm output impedance
• 1/4" stereo TRS output has selectable gain attenuation between 0dB and -6dB for greater volume control range on higher sensitivity headphones
• 1/4" stereo TRS output on full gain, 0dB attenuation setting has selectable output impedance between 8 ohm (Low setting) and 120 ohm (IEC setting)
• 1/4" stereo TRS outut on -6dB gain attenuation setting has selectable output impedance between 3 ohm (Low setting) and 115 ohm (IEC setting)
@thehutch you should have heard a significant change going from 120 ohm to 8 ohm on your ZMF, dampening factor at these two ohms is in play. Obviously it will be more noticeable on a lower impedance headphone such as the Utopia over a 300 ohm headphone, it still should be quite noticeable in a different way.