ResponsibleOven6
ResponsibleOven6 t1_iue1r3m wrote
Reply to Sriracha sauce shortage? by a_cycle_addict
As others have said this has been going on for months, I was able to buy a two-pack on Amazon though. Still haven't seen it in stores since I bought those in the summer.
ResponsibleOven6 t1_iu63gzx wrote
Reply to comment by Mhosie in At that price I couldn't resist! by wiggan1989
Not seeing this deal. I see both marked down but no bundle? I have no need for these whatsoever but if there's a deal like that then why not?
ResponsibleOven6 t1_iu3v6cj wrote
Reply to comment by XxDankSaucexX in Honest question, did we hit peak headphone a while back? by Yammy_Lyfe
This right here. Get the S12 or 7Hz Timeless and be blown away by how much the $200 and under IEM market has changed.
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Reply to comment by extremeelementz in Trying to understand impedance and why one headphone gets louder than the other. by extremeelementz
Impedance is how much resistance the speaker produces, sensitivity is how loud it gets given a certain amount of power. You could also think of sensitivity as efficiency.
Oversimplifying the math to illustrate this point - A headphone with a sensitivity rating of 75db will be about 75% as loud as a headphone with a sensitivity rating of 100db when connected to the same source.
A higher impedance headphone will typically sound worse, but not necessarily quieter (though often it's inherently quieter too), than a lower impedance headphone when connected to an amp that's not powerful enough to drive it. Think worse bass extension, less clarity. It still makes the noises it's supposed to but the amp is really struggling to control everything in the tight manner it's supposed to. The voice coil is also frequently able to generate a larger magnetic field from the higher impedance design, so if you've got enough power to drive it properly you COULD get better sound out of the higher impedance driver all other things being equal. The thing is they're never equal which is why there's not a "right" approach here, just tradeoffs to be made given what you're trying to accomplish.