I own a sennheiser hd 439 headphones, they sound very low under some devices (nexus 5 and others), would this be enough to solve the volume problem?
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Short answer to that question, is HELL YEAH. This amp should be able to push your headphones to their max potential, I looked up your headphones and they're rated at 32ohms impedance, I run a pair of Sony MDR X10 that are rated at 24 ohms, so mine have a slightly less load than your headset will put on the amplifier and mine are very loud with this amp. The amp is rated up to 100 ohms on the highest gain setting, so I think it should be more than sufficient to push your headphones closer to their intended limits, almost 2 times better than your iPod or equivalent listening device can manage. Do it! I wanna see your review when you've tried it. P.S. if you like to listen loud for a long time the battery in the amp won't last very long, I haven't timed it, but on high volume levels I might have gotten closer to an hour before getting the low battery light, Its a blast though. Good luck...
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I have a couple of studio headphones, and the Nuforce MMP-Black powers them very nicely. It is a very adequate amp for that purpose.Glenn
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I am not familiar with your headphones but I have found that amplifier makes a difference but might denned on sensitivity of your headphones. I use it with my iphone an my cowen mp3player
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This is only a 32Ohm unit and you maybe used to a 50Ohm unit ... so you maybe over driving the max output of the headphones. Mine are pretty loud and actually respond better on my mobile than others. I did notice a huge difference when I plugged them into a soundboard that I normally use 50Ohm headphones. (Your output device may not work well at 32Ohms.) But at the max volume when they start to distort is way too loud for me and I don't want to loose hearing.
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Yes, I think so. In my case it has a sort of interference low sound. I don´t recommend this product.
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Not really. I purchased this along with my pair of ATH-M50s, and was disappointed. Headphone amplifiers are more designers to provide higher power to run the drivers on studio headsets, as opposed to delivering better sound quality. If you were to plug your new set of ear cans into a regular headphone jack, (like a cellphone) you would notice an appreciable amount of decreased max volume. That is what headphone amps remedy, although there are much better options than this one. I returned mine.
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just get a sound balancer on your device and turn the bass down if its too high. this works for all headphones so you can get any pair and not have to worry about too much bass
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When using the AUX make sure the volume is up on the device. This helped with my sound.
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Not at normal volume. At high volumes people in a quiet room can hear _something_ - much like other headphones - they can tell it's music, but not really hear it.
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Your headphone jack is still a low volume output that you can control. It should work just fine.
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Tried with my Nexus 5 doesn't sound good. They're made to be listened to through headphone outputs that have pre amps, basically needs to be powered a little to drive the speakers
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Hello Belle,These headphones block the sound to a certain level on low volume, but I can assure you that you won't hear anything if you turn them up all the way to the end. So basically they should do the trick I suppose.
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Loud isn't always better. It depends on your need. If you need more volume get a headphone amp.
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No. It works regardless. If you really want to great sounding headphones, check out Sennheiser RS 170 Digital Wireless Headphone with Dynamic Bass and Surround Sound. I have both of these headphones and the Sennheisers are fantastic.
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The limiting factor will the DAC (digital-to-analog-circuit) of the device you are using. You can have a pair of top-notch headphones, but if the DAC on the device is sub-par, then you will not get the sound quality potential out of the headphones. When I use these on my hacked Kindle, they sound great. Used with my Huawei phone, definite difference, even with use of the EQ. Also, these cans are 40ohm impedance. You might needs to consider a pair with a lower impedance rating (my MDR-X10's are 25ohm). Hope this helps!
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Not bad for comfort. The issue is the very low volume level attainable on the audio input.
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On most computer sound systems there is now a software mixer control panel you could use to boost the middle and upper midrange frequencies to accentuate speech. That will work with any headphones. If the volume is not high enough you may need to also buy a headphone amplifier which will boost the volume more than the computer alone can. Typically headphones with a larger diameter driver will handle more volume before distorting and those with larger, especially around-ear cushtions and "closed" type will provide more isolation from external sounds and not disturb others as much with less sound leakage. Near this price point you might prefer Koss UR-10, but if you spend closer to $30 you will get better sound from Sennheiser HD201 (around $18 on sale) or better still their HD419 (around $27 on sale but doesn't go on sale as often, $30 regular/sale price).
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NO the device seems to compress the sound level changes a little so the louder volumes are lower
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Check to see if your getting noise without the headphones. If you get static using speakers, then this won't do anything for you.