Sorry if this is a stupid question, but I've been googling it for 40 min and still not really any the wiser.
I was looking at at the headphone amp specs on a Behringer line mixer, and they included "Minimum Load Impedance: 100Ω".
I was looking at at the headphone amp specs on a Behringer line mixer, and they included "Minimum Load Impedance: 100Ω".
- Does this simply mean that you must not connect headphones with an impedance rating of less than 100Ω? (seems obvious but I'm learning that impedance-related things aren't always intuitive).
- What would the consequences be of connecting, say, 50Ω headphones to an amp with a Minimum Load Impedance of 100Ω?
- I also read through the specs of several other Behringer devices with headphone amps on them, and none listed a Minimum Load Impedance spec. The manual for the Motu Audio Interface I just purchased doesn't mention it either. In fact, this is the first time I can remember ever seeing Minimum Load Impedance defined for a headphone amp. If it's important, why is it rarely included?