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On another note, I was looking at buying a pair of AKG K612's but the impedance is 120 ohms and I was wondering whether the E10K will be up to the task of driving these. I know the 'Recommended headphone impedance' gives a range of 16 to 150 ohms but I've seen comments elsewhere indicating that the E10K may have insufficient power to drive headphones with impedance this high. Does anyone have an opinion?
Moooooon_Man
Dec 31, 2015
poor_impulse_control@poor_impulse_control I have also seen comments where people say that it has enough power/volume gap with 250 Omhs headphones... But there may be a lack in the frequency response since it's ahead of what is recommended. With a 120 Omhs, only based on what I have read (and I did read a lot of reviews and advices (Amazon for example)) for this model I think that you will be far from the maximum volume.
That being said the best would be an answer directly from someone that have a pair between 60 Omhs and 250 Omhs ^^ (Did you look in the previous pages from the comments section?).
Moooooon_ManI have been through them, in a somewhat cursory fashion, and I don't recall seeing anything but I'll look again. It's not a particularly pressing issue. I'm just trying to pick up some reasonably priced entry level over the ear headphones, without over accentuated bass, while staying under $150. There are a lot of conflicting opinions out there. I was hoping to get some open or semi-open ones.
Allthetoys
6
Dec 31, 2015
poor_impulse_controlI have the E10K and a lot of headphones. I have used it with all of them. The AKG K612's run perfectly fine with it. The limitations are with the headphone amp on the E10K and it isn't limited on all headphones, but sound stage will be poor and it will start clipping if pushed too far. I have only made it clip running DT880 600 ohm headphones, because I wanted to see if it could drive them. It can, but it doesn't sound very good. The E10K is right in it's sweet spot with the AKG's. Make sure that the gain switch is on high and it will be loud enough to hurt.
AllthetoysAwesome! It's great to be able to get feedback from someone who owns both of them.
ericborth
1
Jan 2, 2016
poor_impulse_controlImpedance isn't the only factor for headphones, some 150 ohm headphones are harder to drive than other 150 ohm headphones, reviews and forums are the only ways to really know. although impedance usually gives you a general idea
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