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New Head-Fier
Hello -- I'm new here Since the 80's I've been using my beloved Sony D-25 Discman portable CD player (for some years with a homemade external battery pack, after the original ones stopped becoming available), and I've been very happy with it, playing through my AKG K-240 headphones. However lately the D-25 started acting up, and I decided to give in to the modern age and get myself an iPod.
I wasn't too thrilled with the iPod though. For one thing, it's far from loud enough! But when I tried the iPod out at the Apple store, it seemed plenty loud with the headphones they had there, so after some scratching of my head, I thought maybe it's because my headphones are 600 ohms impedance, and the D-25 emitted enough voltage to drive them to satisfactory levels, but the iPod does not. Does this seem right? And if that's the case, does it mean that I need an external headphone amplifier to use with the iPod?
(Sorry if my question is stupid, and apologies in advance if I've inadvertently broken any rules of the forum, in which case please let me know and I'll be more than happy to adjust
Regards,
Robert
I wasn't too thrilled with the iPod though. For one thing, it's far from loud enough! But when I tried the iPod out at the Apple store, it seemed plenty loud with the headphones they had there, so after some scratching of my head, I thought maybe it's because my headphones are 600 ohms impedance, and the D-25 emitted enough voltage to drive them to satisfactory levels, but the iPod does not. Does this seem right? And if that's the case, does it mean that I need an external headphone amplifier to use with the iPod?
(Sorry if my question is stupid, and apologies in advance if I've inadvertently broken any rules of the forum, in which case please let me know and I'll be more than happy to adjust
Regards,
Robert