🔶 Beyerdynamic DT880 600Ω

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@jarlaxle

Graphs from DIYaudiohaven suggests that 600 Ohm DT880 isn’t affected from output impedance that much.

Correct, it’s not as effected as the 300 ohm Senns or the 250 ohm-ers from Beyer. One of the advantages of the 600 ohm impedance (and IIRC, it’s impedance ranges from something like 613 ohms up to a little over 800) is that it’s so high that most output impedances don’t effect the damping factor all that much. I was introduced to this on my Cayin HA-1AMK2 tube amp. My 6XX could sound very different on the wet-dry spectrum depending on where I set the amp’s output impedance. The DT880-600 changed some, but not near to the degree.

@jarlaxle

These are not hard to drive but like many of us said, but they should be kept under control that is possible with appropriate power. Less educated of us might point out the numbers like 100mw or 600 ohm, but I would like to remind you that that impedance is not constant throughout the frequancy range nor the music is. More experienced audiophiles or experts would argue, delivering the power immediately whenever needed is more important.

Preach.