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Re: [AN1x] Impedance and volume

2003-08-14 by Peter Korsten

Mike Metlay wrote:

> Many good headphones today still use a 600 ohm impedance, but others are
> specifically being designed with lower impedances. As an example, AKG still
> makes the excellent K240 M headphone, a 600 ohm phone that's often used for
> orchestral sessions where many headphones can be chained in parallel without
> the net impedance dropping too low (you can chain 75 sets and still have an
> 8-ohm load). But AKG also recently released the K240 Studio, a redesigned
> headphone with a 55 ohm impedance.

I have the K240Ms. Excellent headphones, but you really need to turn the
volume up. On the AN1x, this used be somewhat of an issue, but they're
connected to the mixer now, where they have their own volume control.

- Peter

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