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Noam Blum

3 Jun, 5 tweets, 2 min read

Recently ordered a pair of 80 ohm DT 770 Pros and nothing I have seemed to drive them hard enough. That’s why I got the FiiO A3 I mentioned yesterday. Holy shit does it do the job. Has a great bass boost for casual listening too (normally quite flat for mixing).

Improvised a little mount for it. FiiO’s stuff also always comes with nice quality accessories. This has silicone bands and buffer mats so you can attach it to a music player or other device and a tiny audio cable too.

Tested this pretty extensively last night and honestly I'm kicking myself for not switching to higher impedance cans and an amp years ago. It's like a whole new experience.

The one thing that hasn't clicked in my brain yet is why higher impedance headphones have slimmer delicate coils. Shouldn't it be the other way around, where you need more juice to drive a bulkier coil? Help me out, electrical engineer Twitter.

Doing some Googling and I guess the idea is lower impedance would cook a lighter coil because it lets more power through, so you need those ohms to slow things down. Makes sense.

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