Sound Satisfaction

When you look at a pair of headphones, proper sized headphones, the first thing that would come to mind in most people isn't portability. Which is a problem for manufacturers of those wonderful devices such as the Zune HD mp3 player and mini-amps like the FiiO E7.

Zune HD Player

Why would you want to have either product? Well, the device you play your music off of makes all the difference. Headphones are rated for a certain impedance, which basically means the amount of resistance and power requirements they have. The higher the impedance, the higher the power requirement. We talked last week about amps and how headphones in general don't require much more than a watt of power. This is true in most cases. However, there's the more high end headphones out there!

Audeze LCD 3 Headphones

Coming into the realm of headphones that cost upwards of €500, you will notice that they require their own amp to function or a very good player. Which brings us back to the Zune HD. The device you play your music from really does make the difference. Try it for yourself. Get yourself a decent pair of headphones, play some high quality tracks and switch between your phone and your computer. Your computer in most cases will make for a louder volume range. Much better than you would get from something like an iPod.

iPod Touch

However, if you have a decent player, like a Zune, you'll notice very little difference in loss of volume over something like your standard smartphone. Try it out, see what you think. If you can't, well, you could always just buy a pair of Beats headphones and pretend you're doing it right. Next week, well, who knows. I usually say I'll cover something but I do anything but that. See ya next week for more headphone related goodness!