Has anyone used these with a headphone amp? Can they handle the increased impedance?
1490915
i have mostly used them unamped, but I have a cmoy amp that I use with it sometimes. Works fine.
1490916
Robert, re: Use w/head amp and handling + impedance? - Yes, I use the Pure I-20 DAC ( $100; from an Onkyo receiver ), into a $50 Rolls HA43 Pro amplifier, and my source is a 4th gen, 8gb ipod. Nothing fancy but it works fine. Now as far as the impedence, yes, I use 50mm Mono 8323's mainly with this setup and it easily pushes them. I have used bigger Shure and AKG headphones and this setup has pushed them fine also.BB
671602
Don't insert headphones. The impedance won't be correct. There weren't speaker cables included in mine. Sorry!
1630712
We've not plugged them into an amp. We use them with our iPods, iPhones, computer and laptops and they work great. They cancel out most of the background noise- so much so that I need to tap my kids on the shoulder to get their attention.
579664
I use mainly 300 ohm Sennheiser HD 650. I DO run it through an EQ and a tube headphone amp (Little Dot), but they sound good with punch and bass straight from the iBasso, although the satisfying volume is absent.
2142487
i am not an expert in headphone. in my experience, i do not use an amp when i used the headphone with my laptop/iphone/ipad. i bought this headphone since i read a review that the headphone does not require amp to produce its maximal output.
2252294
No I have not, but if it's a 4ohm rated amp I wonder if there will be adequate power to sufficiently power them (depending on your needs), as these are 8 ohm speakers.
1672314
If you haven't already done so try using the headphone line out to the amp. That should work.
198141
I haven't personally tried pairing it with a headphone amp, but the one built in can be boosted to I think 300mA, and it also has 2 separate line outs, one which is stereo 1/8" and the other is digital/coax, both are totally uncolored and should work really well with any sort of amp. I pair it with my SE846 in ears and it sounds amazing.
1788544
Yes. I've used it with multiple headphones of various impedance and it sounds great. If you really want it to sound even better, I use a headphone amp with it.
417556
I own these headphones and i hook them up to my mac laptop and computer all the time and the sound quality is fantastic. I also have a fiio e5 and that really doesn't do much. These headphones are very sensitive and only 50 ohm so therefor you will not need an amplifier. People say you need a headphone amp for high end headphones, but that is only if you have 300 ohm headphones. Most high end headphones are much higher than these. SO you should be fine hooking them up to your pc speakers or just directly into your pc.
2142486
Nope it's 30-something ohm so any source can easily power them. I've plugged them into my android phone, my wife's iPad, and my work computer and all powered them easily. Volume levels were good and sound quality was great. I did get a budget dac amp for my work computer and I'd say there seemed to be the slightest performance increase, but it also could have been my ears getting used to the headphones. So no, an amp is not needed.
1222471
No, they will work without an amp. Yes, for them to work at peak performance. Really depends on your standards of sound quality. Mine sound fine without an amp.
171478
Hey, not unless you have a power amp and mixer. These are non-powered and have no built-in amplifier at all.
746089
I would say no. The comments I've read (on head-fi) say that to get decent output out of high-impedance cans you'll have to use something more powerful. If going the vacuum route, that might be the Schiit Lyr or Asgard 2. I am using my Valhalla with 32 ohm headphones so can't comment on how it sounds with 600 ohm headphones connected.
2239271
No these headphones works best with an amp. I actually have 4 different kind of amps for my 650.
760992
Some headphones have more electrical resistance to increase sound quality these headphones don't need an amp because most devices have enough power to push them all the amp will do is make the sound louder and slightly better but in my opinion I'd save the money and not buy the amp the headphones sound just fine even with the slight increase in ohms which is the same thing as electrical resistance hope this helps
193621
Can't answer that for you, Alex. My previous headphone amp was an inexpensive (unsophisticated) analog, the "Boostaroo".