supern00b
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I searched and didn't find a clear answer, only alot of jargon...
If a speaker has hi impedance, does that mean it'll have weak volume when not preamped? I have a tube guitar amp, and as far as I know, "driving" the amp does bring out the true characteristics of the amp, along with wicked loud volume. At extreme volumes it obviously clips...
I recently purchased a pair of Beyer Dt1350's, 80 ohm impedance.
Will a laptop output "drive" it to a listenable volume? What about iPhone?
I've noticed that people still buy preamps even though their sound source pushes out enough output to drive the speakers to a listenable volume.....then why would they buy a preamp, which would only color the sound? Why buy a pair of cans + moot preamp when they can just buy a pair of cans that is already voiced to their liking?
Thanks for dealing with my naïveté...
If a speaker has hi impedance, does that mean it'll have weak volume when not preamped? I have a tube guitar amp, and as far as I know, "driving" the amp does bring out the true characteristics of the amp, along with wicked loud volume. At extreme volumes it obviously clips...
I recently purchased a pair of Beyer Dt1350's, 80 ohm impedance.
Will a laptop output "drive" it to a listenable volume? What about iPhone?
I've noticed that people still buy preamps even though their sound source pushes out enough output to drive the speakers to a listenable volume.....then why would they buy a preamp, which would only color the sound? Why buy a pair of cans + moot preamp when they can just buy a pair of cans that is already voiced to their liking?
Thanks for dealing with my naïveté...