Tks
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Every device has noise and every device will audibly hiss, if your transducer is sensitive enough.
Sure, but you said you didnt know what my point was. Dont see why you needed to tell me this again after I explained myself.
Form factor is no longer a reliable indicator of what kind of transducer is a good match for your Amp.
What is a good indicator is the output power, which is clearly stated on the mfr website and on every reseller.
Not really, you can have a massively powerful amp, yet have enough gain settings to where (as I explained with thr RME) would eliminate the hiss on even the most extreme IEMs currently.
These output settings along with baseline noise per gain isnt always available (otherwise people wouldnt have unknowns as to whether a certain device like a phone or laptop is a bad match for something like the ultra sensitive KZ IEMs). It does not make sense to assume portable devices dont usually pair well with ultra sensitive IEMs for example, because it would mean the opposite assumption would be more plausible (that portable devices are better suited to powet hungry insensitive devices). Which is odd, and would largely invalidate the idea of desktop products if portable ones mostly function with the same power output.
So I dont really see the notion that power output is a better indicator, its only a better indicator once youve decided on a form factor. But before you do that, if power output was a better indicator, you would have very little indicator of which desktop amp would be audibly free from hiss seeing as how most of their power output specs provided are massive numbers compared to almost all portable ones. Which would leave you with little realible information at that point.