[Mystyler]

I was just browsing through some of Sharp's newest portable MDR's and it seems that the MD-MT180/190/200 have headphone out of 10mW+10mW...
I found this bit of iinfo about the amp at minidisc.org, and maybe some of you might appreciate a unit with a more powerful amp...

 

[leon]

Yeah... the same headphone amp (part # IR3R59N) is seen on the 831, 77/877, 770/888, and probably these portables too. In some cases its output is 10+10, and sometimes it's detuned to 5+5 (impedance 32ohm in every case).

Interesting isn't it

 

[Mystyler]

Very interesting!

Why wouldn't they just keep the 10mW+10mW out on their top-end models, ala MT770/880? The battery life between the MT190 and MT770 aren't really that different, 38 in LP4 compared to 49 in LP4...

 

[andrzejpw]

Its sort of sad, isn't it? I'm guessing sharp is competing with sony in the battery life thing. You know, "haha, ours runs for 3 weeks without recharging!" Why? I don't know! Personally, 10 hours is fine!

 

[blr]

Yeah, it's basically the same amp which is rated at 10 mW on their budget models and 5 mW on the high end ones. I have compared the 10 MW to the 5mW version and could not detect any higher volume or better ability to drive headphones. It might be just the way they're measured

 

[SuAnnan]

buy a headphone amp