nathanv
Head-Fier
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im looking at some amps and i was wondering what ohm stood for.
The Ohms in headphones is different from the ohms in resistance. You'll notice how the unit is listed under impedance and though it uses the same unit, includes inductive properties and well which makes it more confusing. I think that the headphone impedance can be deceiving. While a pair of 600 ohm sextetts might require more voltage to be driven to higher volume levels than say more contemporary brands with lower impedance values, there are still headphones say the DT48 whose <20 ohm values requires close to the same gain. Consensus is that lower ohms does not mean easier to drive and earsplitting volume is not the equivalent to driving headphones.
I know that no one will believe me when I say this, but Georg Ohm is my fifth great grandfather. Maybe this caused my attraction to headphones is some twisted way?!?!
Quote:I know that no one will believe me when I say this, but Georg Ohm is my fifth great grandfather. Maybe this caused my attraction to headphones is some twisted way?!?!
That's pretty wild.