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‎09-13-2018 09:42 PM

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Product: HP 14-B031TU
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 10 (64-bit)

I am running my notebook HP 14-B031TU on windows 10 64bit. The notebook has altec lansing logo and Dolby advance audio imprited on the speaker side. It sounds pretty alright for a notebook audio with the enhancements.

 

My question is...

 

I have ordered a Sennheiser HD650 Headphone set from the ebay and it says 300Ohms. Will my inbuilt notebook audio be powerful enough to power this headphones? I currently own few small headphones and IEM's and it can drive them pretty loud. I was just wondering if anyone is using notebook to listen music via HD650 without an amplifier.

 

Please let me know.

 

Thank You!!

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‎09-21-2018 05:06 PM

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300 ohms is not the highest impedance set of headphones out there, but are likely to be far higher impedance that your computer's internal amplifier can handle. The chances are the Sennheisers will be very quiet when connected to your computer.

 

You will likely need an external headphone amplifier suitable for high impedance headphones. Indeed, if you are looking for quality, I'd use a device that is both a USB DAC and headphone amplifier suitable for high impedance headphones.

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‎09-21-2018 05:06 PM

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300 ohms is not the highest impedance set of headphones out there, but are likely to be far higher impedance that your computer's internal amplifier can handle. The chances are the Sennheisers will be very quiet when connected to your computer.

 

You will likely need an external headphone amplifier suitable for high impedance headphones. Indeed, if you are looking for quality, I'd use a device that is both a USB DAC and headphone amplifier suitable for high impedance headphones.

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