Question: Impedance matching: adapter for onnecting 8 ohmheadphones to modern MP3 player
Good Music wrote:
Don't even bother. Many headphones claiming to be 8 ohms aren't anyway !
Just connect it and see if it sounds ok. You won't hurt anything and in
any case
a new pair of headphones will be the cheapest and best option if you're
not happy with the results anyway.
Graham
Thanks Graham, but I'm actually pretty intent on finding a way to
specifically use this specific old set of 8-ohm headphones,
Do you know that they actually measure 8 ohms ?
though I don't want to "short out" my expensive MP3 player's amp.
It's *very* unlikely that'll happen. The internal amp produces such a tiny
amount of power that it won't be bothered.
The reason is these were
my grandad's headphones - I just like them and am set on using them,
whatever kind of adapter I have to make :-)
Any adapter using a transfomer will alter the sound anyway.
If it's really important, an external buffer amp will be best.
Graham
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