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karim0820
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May 7, 2020
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Hey, does anyone know if a MacBook Pro would be able to drive these? I don't want to waste money and I honestly do not know much about audio quality at all. If it helps, most of my listening is done through Spotify.
May 7, 2020
ChumbaWumba
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Jul 13, 2020
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karim0820You’ll do just fine with these powered thru your MBPro! I’d research if these are truly gonna be the best bang for your buck tho..there are lots of well-reviewed iems out there for far less than this pair even. And that’s for a good reason. I don’t usually prefer to jump on the hype train but for $29 (I believe?) you can get the Blon BL-03 rn from drop. Those are excellent sounding, and not just for their price..they’re just plain ole’ good any way you slice it. Others that sound good for far less money than these are the KZ ZS10 Pro, some of the offerings from Tin and many others. Best of luck with whatever direction you take. Btw, most of the offerings In iems under this price point will be easy to drive without dedicated amplification.
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Jul 13, 2020
ElectronicVices
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Aug 14, 2020
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ChumbaWumbaPower is almost never a concern with IEM's but noise levels and the output impedance do very much matter. Those items are usually the reason people add an amp to their IEM setup. In this case the IEM is quite inefficient at 90db/mW (low for any type of headphone) and has a relatively low nominal impedance of 16 ohms (demands current from source). Older samsung phones (pre 9 I believe) will not be a good match (very high distortion below 32 ohm load) nor is anything with a high output impedance (>2 ohms). Some of the macbook pro's have a 10 ohm output impedance, this will matter more with multiple driver IEM's but depending on the impedance curve of this IEM it won't be idel. TLDR: Yes it will work and probably sound decent, no it will be no where near ideal.
Aug 14, 2020
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