johnnymaelstrom
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Through chance - as I had the kit lying around - I've started using an SMSL M6 Mini DAC and headphone amp with Sony MDR-XD200 over the ear headphones for my working day listening. Reading up on impedance and sensitivity I was curious about this pairing.
The headphones have an impedance of 70.0 Ohms (link) and sensitivity of 102.0 dB/mW.
The headphone amp manual says the following range of impedances:
33 Ohms at 130mW
66 Ohms at 270mW
150 Ohms at 220mW
300 Ohms at 120mW
How do they pair and also what I would do to improve the sound. I know these are not the best kit around, but I hope to learn from this for any future purchases.
The headphones have an impedance of 70.0 Ohms (link) and sensitivity of 102.0 dB/mW.
The headphone amp manual says the following range of impedances:
33 Ohms at 130mW
66 Ohms at 270mW
150 Ohms at 220mW
300 Ohms at 120mW
How do they pair and also what I would do to improve the sound. I know these are not the best kit around, but I hope to learn from this for any future purchases.
- Are the amp and headphones adequately paired at the moment?
- If I was thinking about a new headphone amp what range of impedances should I be looking at for these headphones?
- If I was thinking about a new set of headphones what range of impedances would I need to look for this headphone amp?