quickie headphone conversion ipedance question

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Offline balancedtriode

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on: June 14, 2010, 02:29:54 PM
i am building a quickie to get a feel for bottlehead kits, what is the minimum impedance of headphones needed to be effectively driven by a quickie amp modified for headphone use with speco T-7010 transformers?

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Offline Paul Birkeland

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Reply #1 on: June 15, 2010, 09:03:52 AM
250+ ohms is a good idea, although I've gotten decent results down around 100.

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