Quad Capture with 250ohm headphones ?

djemass · Mar 2nd 2016

Hi everyone,

The Soundcard specs say 47Ohms for the headphone output. Do you think a DT880 250ohm would be OK ? My headphone are very low (70 Ohms maxi)

An interesting article says I would need Headphone output Ohm x 10 to get the best results... Any thought ?

http://www.innerfidelity.com/c…age-2#CUCBVmhj5BIe6f7A.97

Thank you

Gerald

dhodgson · Mar 5th 2016

I have a Roland STUDIO-CAPTURE with the same output impedance driving a pair of 300-ohm Sennheiser HD600's in my studio. The sensitivity of your DT880's will probably be different, but the Roland has enough headroom on tap that I imagine you'll find that you rarely need to drive them hotter than the 11 o'clock position. Of course if you're looking for maximum power transfer (which usually equates to -loud-), the closer you can get to 47 ohms the better, but this is quality studio gear we're talking about and yes you'll be fine.

djemass · Mar 5th 2016

Oh great news, I am hesitating between the DT880 and the HD-600 in fact !!!

dhodgson · Aug 10th 2016

Well, they are the most common headphone reference in mastering shops! Love mine to death.

-djh

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