What other specs would I need to know?
I can’t ask other people, as though this is something like a prototype, not really an ideal situation for me…
We’re being nervous nellies here because your asking, I don’t want to be responsible for you destroying a $6000+ amplifier.
Never ask a lawyer if you can do something (he’ll always say no, it’s the minimum risk answer), tell him you are going to do it and ask him what the consequences are.
If you trust the designer of the box, (i.e. it wasn’t $50 from some Chinese seller on ebay), I’d personally give it a shot, with the understanding of what could happen. But if you want the best out of the headphones, you should at least listen to them on a purpose designed energizer, so you can see if they sound “better” from a real amp.
FWIW i’ve had decent luck on random Chinese manufactured electronics from eBay, recently bought an isolation transformer, and you can be damn sure I a verified it did what it said before I plugged a $2000 amp into it.
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Absolutely understandable!
The box is a 1k euro device, so it shouldn’t be of low quality… There is also a tube amp that costs 5k euros and can drive electrostatic headphones, dynamic driver headphones, and speakers too… but it’s 5k (it’s more or less an all in one package).
I will try to sort it out with the manufacturer, because neither do I want to damage any expensive amplifiers… especially not the headphones I plug in (those are over 2k euros on their own…)
You would need a plot of frequency vs impedance of the transformers.
Like so (this is for a speaker, evident by the rise in impedance with rising frequency):
Two ways to do this (and both are difficult depending on your knowledge of electronics):
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Buy an LCR-meter (20Hz to 20kHz range, expensive!)
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buy a Function Generator, precision resistor (lower than 1 ohm, better than 1%, not wirewound) and a trueRMS (= TRMS) multimeter. Feeding frequency through the transformer, you then measure voltage drop accross the resistor for each frequency and type that into a spreadsheet. Then apply Ohm’s law and plot the result (cheaper than solution 1, loads of work)
I am a hobby tinkerer. So never ask me if something is possible.
The question is “Am I willing to risk [monetary loss here] to find out if this random internet guy is correct?”
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More like impossible. I am not the most interested guy in electronics and how they work, I like to listen to my ears, listen to music. To me electronics are tools which help achieve that… but of course it is useful to understand what these tools are, how they work, and how to match them with other tools, this ensures the best result. Unfortunately, I do not posses that knowledge, it’s all like complicated maths to me.
Edit: and by all means I have a high amount of respect for those who do posses this knowledge, but I myself do not share the passion about these electronics and tools. I respect people who are dedicated to making these tools, understanding them, knowing several different formulas, principles, and other stuff. I will always trust somebody who knows this stuff over myself… because of obvious reasons hahahahah (I’m too dumb for that stuff - or so I think)
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