I listen to music & TV mainly through headphones these days, connected to my old Arcam Alpha 9 integrated amp. This amp has headphone output impedance of 100 ohms, whereas my headphones have impedance of 32 ohms. The Arcam volume control barely needs to move - less than a quarter volume would be deafening. I'm wondering whether my headphones would perform better / be happier/safer with a dedicated headphone amp - something like a Topping L30. I would pair this with Topping E30 DAC for optical TV input & co-ax from FLAC player.
If the Arcam is doing them no harm then all well and good, but I'm told I should be running these headphones from a much lower impedance output. Is this the case? Please don't deluge me with tech & numbers, I'm just not made that way.
Thank you,
Will
If the Arcam is doing them no harm then all well and good, but I'm told I should be running these headphones from a much lower impedance output. Is this the case? Please don't deluge me with tech & numbers, I'm just not made that way.
Thank you,
Will