Headphones to pair with Asus Xonar Phoebus?
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Solved by EmoRarity,
If you have time to explain it I'm all ears.
+1 Django.
The Xonar has (I do believe) an output impedance of 10ohm's, which means that any headphone with an input impedance with less then 80ohms (multiply by 8) will not get the power that they need to run properly. Because the soundcard is eating some of the power that is suppose to go to the headphones which will result in a bass roll off, quieter mids, and treble roll off.
So going above that 80ohm impedance, the soundcard will stop eating power and start supplying power properly.
If you didn't have a soundcard (Onboard sits about 1-2ohms) you could get a lower impedance headphone with no issue.
But since you have the soundcard we might as well use it, right?
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