Hello, I've ordered a crack and speedball.
It's my first bottlehead kit. First post here too. Looking forward to being a part of this community!
So now that I took the plunge, I'm trying to sort out all the things I've read about headphones and make some decisions.
After much reading here is what I'm still debating and I would love some input:
- Per specs "output impedance 120 ohms, gain about 15dB into a 300 ohm load like a Sennheiser HD600, max output about 10V into a 300 ohm load", does this imply that 300 ohms is sort of an ideal load match to the Crack's output?
- Many people love the Sennheiser HD 600/650/800s with Crack, which are all 300 ohms, so this is a great pairing . . . maybe 300 ohms (or say 250 ohms) is the ideal impedance pairing for Crack?
In general, with a Crack/Speedball, is there some benefit to 600 ohm phones vs 250 or 300 ohm phones? If so, in what way and I wonder what kind of trade-offs there are. For example if a person had both DT880 250 ohms and 600 ohms, with the Crack, would it drive both equally as well?
I know it's subjective and will take lots of experimenting, just trying to make a good starting decision.
THANKS!