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SlowCousinPete
177
Sep 20, 2016
What gain do I want for sensitive IEMs? Is 2.5x gain too much for those, or is listening at very low volume ok?
I also have 300ohm Sennheiser HD800s, do I need the 6.5x gain here?
gelizaga
11
Sep 21, 2016
SlowCousinPeteno, you should be able to drive the hd800 properly on low gain 2.5x.
CaptainMuffins
0
Sep 21, 2016
SlowCousinPeteI would avoid this for hd800. It can power it (play it loud)but to drive then adequately it's not competent enough (not enough juice to sound nice)
blackdaemon
3
Oct 19, 2016
SlowCousinPeteI have AKG k7xx and those are just 62 Ohms and 2.5x gain is not driving them properly (my volume knob is on maximum most of the time just to get loud enough sound). For 300 Ohms you definitely want 6.5x. I can't comment about IEMs.
trybeingarun
137
Oct 19, 2016
blackdaemonThanks for your input. This is exactly what I was wondering.
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