Bassheadspl
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Hello headfiers, currently i own a pair of Sony xb500 headphones and i power them from a fiio e11 amplifier. With this setup, when i crank up the volume on the amplifier to a high volume level, so the subwoofer bass goes crazy, the drivers start to make a clipping sound. This also happens on my pair of Sony XB700 headphones.
So i suppose that the amplifier is creating the clipping sound because it not powerful enough to driver the headphone drivers efficiently because i am under powering them. Or is it because the drivers in the Sony XB500 can't take the intense amount of bass? From my point of view, surely it can because the maximum wattage they can take is 1500mw and the fiio e11 is not even providing half of that, so i am clearly not over driving the headphones, nor pushing them to their ultimate limits. But what do you think from a headfiers point of view?
So guys if you own a pair of Sony xb500 headphones, do you experience what i am experiencing and also what amp do you use?
Can you suggest me a very good home amplifier that can drive the XB500 to their ultimate bass limits, that doesn't make the headphone drivers clip?
& Thanks in advance for your replies
So i suppose that the amplifier is creating the clipping sound because it not powerful enough to driver the headphone drivers efficiently because i am under powering them. Or is it because the drivers in the Sony XB500 can't take the intense amount of bass? From my point of view, surely it can because the maximum wattage they can take is 1500mw and the fiio e11 is not even providing half of that, so i am clearly not over driving the headphones, nor pushing them to their ultimate limits. But what do you think from a headfiers point of view?
So guys if you own a pair of Sony xb500 headphones, do you experience what i am experiencing and also what amp do you use?
Can you suggest me a very good home amplifier that can drive the XB500 to their ultimate bass limits, that doesn't make the headphone drivers clip?
& Thanks in advance for your replies