Duck Hat
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I know that the iPod suffers from a large drop off in bass when driving very low impedance phones, so I was wondering about other DAP's. Have any of you noticed this problem in iRiver, Rio, Cowon, Sony, or any other company's mp3 players, or is this an iPod specific problem?
I have the iRiver h10, however the only low impedance earphones I could test it with are the stock earbuds, which aren't that bad (they're Sennheiser MX400's, which have and impedance of 32 ohms). I did notice that there was a less bass then when I used PX100's or grado SR80's, however I don't know whether this is the player or the earbuds, as the PX100's and SR80's both have pretty big bass. When I listened to the earbuds through a Cmoy hooked up to the headphone out (there is no line out on the h10, and the cradle hasn't come out for the 20gb model yet) of the player, the bass improved a bit, but not much. I also hooked up the earbuds to my computer (crappy soundblaster card ). I noticed a bit more low bass but not very much; I had to listen very hard to hear the missing bass. So, my conclusion is that when driving 32 ohm phones, the h10 is a tad bit deficient on bass, but not very much at all.
So what are your bass experiences with low impedance phones (I'm particularly interested in the E4c and the ER-4p) and non-iPod DAP's, iRiver or otherwise?
I have the iRiver h10, however the only low impedance earphones I could test it with are the stock earbuds, which aren't that bad (they're Sennheiser MX400's, which have and impedance of 32 ohms). I did notice that there was a less bass then when I used PX100's or grado SR80's, however I don't know whether this is the player or the earbuds, as the PX100's and SR80's both have pretty big bass. When I listened to the earbuds through a Cmoy hooked up to the headphone out (there is no line out on the h10, and the cradle hasn't come out for the 20gb model yet) of the player, the bass improved a bit, but not much. I also hooked up the earbuds to my computer (crappy soundblaster card ). I noticed a bit more low bass but not very much; I had to listen very hard to hear the missing bass. So, my conclusion is that when driving 32 ohm phones, the h10 is a tad bit deficient on bass, but not very much at all.
So what are your bass experiences with low impedance phones (I'm particularly interested in the E4c and the ER-4p) and non-iPod DAP's, iRiver or otherwise?