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Which headphone, 32,250 or 600 Ohm (self.budgetaudiophile)

submitted 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) by Dutchie to c/budgetaudiophile

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I want to buy the Beyer Dynamic DT-880 but don't know which 1 to buy. Most of the time I will use it on my Yamaha A-S201 amplifier and occasionally on my smartphone or computer. Checked the Yamaha user manual but can't find anything about impedance of the phone connection. Any advice about impedance or better headphone for approx the same price is welcome.

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[–] SacredHeartAttack 8 points 6 months ago

The LOWER the impedance, the louder the headphones. The lower impedance models (in my opinion, I haven’t read Beyer’s copy) are made with studio work in mind, for example listening to tracks as you are playing and recording drums, which are quite loud. For simple listening, the 250ohm pair of DT700 (for example) would be great. I own a pair. They are plenty loud and sound great.

I am an audio engineer with 20+ years experience.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 6 months ago

I don't think a smartphone would be able to drive 600 ohm headphones and probably not 250 either. Might be wrong though.

[–] Dutchie 3 points 6 months ago

Thx for the replies. I'll buy the 32 Ohm version so it can be used with all my devices. 👍👍🍻🍻

[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 months ago

Totally read that as thirty two thousand two hundred fifty, or six hundred.

Had to do a triple take and some hard thinking if that was even possible, before realizing a space was missing, lol.