GuineaMcPig
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Hi everyone-
I just got back from a local music store where I auditioned a pair of Grado RS-2s and a pair of Sennheiser HD600s. The common wisdom on this board seems to be that the Sennheisers are much harder to drive and "require a dedicated headphone amp to shine," but my experience was the exact opposite of this.
Whenever I changed phones from the Sennss to the Grados, I would have to turn the volume up significantly. Whenever I changed back, the Senns would be too loud and I would have to turn the volume down.
I approached the store owner and asked him for an answer. Sennheiser's resistance is something like 300 ohms, and Grados are only 32 ohms, so that means that the Senns eat up much more power to produce the same volume, right? He said it was just the opposite.
He said that since the Grados have less resistance, they require more current to produce the same amount of volume. This is the complete opposite of everything that I've read here, but it was my experience in the store as well. So can someone straighten me out on this whole thing?
I just got back from a local music store where I auditioned a pair of Grado RS-2s and a pair of Sennheiser HD600s. The common wisdom on this board seems to be that the Sennheisers are much harder to drive and "require a dedicated headphone amp to shine," but my experience was the exact opposite of this.
Whenever I changed phones from the Sennss to the Grados, I would have to turn the volume up significantly. Whenever I changed back, the Senns would be too loud and I would have to turn the volume down.
I approached the store owner and asked him for an answer. Sennheiser's resistance is something like 300 ohms, and Grados are only 32 ohms, so that means that the Senns eat up much more power to produce the same volume, right? He said it was just the opposite.
He said that since the Grados have less resistance, they require more current to produce the same amount of volume. This is the complete opposite of everything that I've read here, but it was my experience in the store as well. So can someone straighten me out on this whole thing?