[DesBen]

Studio cans are typically high-impedance (600 Ohm). This is because they are often run in parallel. 8 pairs of 600-ohm headphones in parallel present a load of 75 ohm (if I remember correctly Physics 101). Now, if you were to put 8 pairs of 32-ohm headphones in parallel, the load becomes 4 ohms! Imagine a headphone amplifier trying to drive a tough pair of speakers...

Now, that still doesn't explain why headphones targeted for home consumers are using 300 ohm. Maybe a speaker builder could enlighten us.

 

[Mindless]

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Stax SR-007, $4030 and 170,000 Ohms!

$4030? hmm.... You can buy them for $2999 with the SRS-717t or solid-state amp at audiocubes

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Is it just me? Yes

Yes, its you

 

[wallijonn]

DesBen, and others,

do a search for impedance. there are a LOT of really good threads on the subject. (yes, even in the amp section).

another search critereia might even be synergy.

 

[DesBen]

I was simply stating the MSRP (that I found on Stereophile's site)... I know the actual retail is much lower, but then, it doesn't look as impressive.

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Originally posted by Mindless $4030? hmm.... You can buy them for $2999 with the SRS-717t or solid-state amp at audiocubes

 

[Hirsch]

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Originally posted by Mindless $4030? hmm.... You can buy them for $2999 with the SRS-717t or solid-state amp at audiocubes

Many products are sold at different prices in different countries. Generally, the lowest price is in the country of origin. The Omega II is built in Japan, so it is priced lower there. Simply fewer people to pay between the factory and the dealer. In the US, there's an additional layer of costs, including customs fees, and the US distributor. So list price in the US is higher to cover those costs. Audiocubes ships directly from Japan, and can offer a lower price. However, you are going to be responsible if customs tags it with fees coming into the US. You're also going to be responsible for repair costs, with no US warranty in effect.

 

[D-EJ915]

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Originally posted by Hirsch Generally, the lowest price is in the country of origin.

My mom got me a "North Face" winter coat in China for 21 bucks, not bad if you ask me

 

[Music Fanatic]

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Originally posted by Hirsch Generally, the lowest price is in the country of origin.

But also often false. For example CDs made in Europe are much cheaper in the US (where CDs are far cheaper than in Europe.) And it is only recently that Japanese mass electronics equipment was cheaper in Japan -- until about 3 or 4 years ago, it was sometimes cheaper in the US for some mass-distributred products (high end Japanese products often have only infrequent distribution in the US, and thus fall into the insane world of high end pricing, where logic seems to fall out the window.)