wafflezz
100+ Head-Fier
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I've always been lead to believe that you need a super amp to power headphones that are 300 ohms and above. Namely the hd600/650, akg 701, beyer dt880, etc.
...but my friends recently stopped by to chill and wanted to use my headphones(hd650). I said sure...but they wanted to plug them into an iphone. I laughed and said they'll barely produce noise.
Low and behold
They actually worked
They sounded terrible(to me) but heck, they were at a pretty decent volume and I don't even think the iphone was cranking full power. Also at the same time, I haven't heard those songs before so i don't really know if they would sound better on my set up or if the distortion and booming bass is really just a part of the song itself.
Why are we encouraging people to buy big amps and tubes again? I'm starting to suspect top end stuff is grossly overpowered for most dynamic drivers
...but my friends recently stopped by to chill and wanted to use my headphones(hd650). I said sure...but they wanted to plug them into an iphone. I laughed and said they'll barely produce noise.
Low and behold
They actually worked
They sounded terrible(to me) but heck, they were at a pretty decent volume and I don't even think the iphone was cranking full power. Also at the same time, I haven't heard those songs before so i don't really know if they would sound better on my set up or if the distortion and booming bass is really just a part of the song itself.
Why are we encouraging people to buy big amps and tubes again? I'm starting to suspect top end stuff is grossly overpowered for most dynamic drivers