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<blockquote data-quote="psygeist" data-source="post: 2058622" data-attributes="member: 35793"><p><a href="http://nwavguy.blogspot.in/2011/02/sansa-clip-measured.html" target="_blank">http://nwavguy.blogspot.in/2011/02/sansa-clip-measured.html</a></p><p></p><p><strong>NO HEADPHONE AMP REQUIRED: </strong>A headphone amp isn't likely to help much, and may do more harm (see: <a href="http://nwavguy.blogspot.com/2011/02/gain-and-headphone-ampsdacs.html" target="_blank">Headphone Amps</a>) considering how good the Clip+ already is by itself. It has plenty of clean output power to drive nearly any portable headphone likely to be used with a player like this. The unusually low output impedance means its performance is relatively unaffected by the headphones used. Unless you plan to use some oddball seriously <u><em>in</em></u>efficient headphones with an impedance higher than 64 ohms, or like uber-loud levels and long term hearing damage, you'll likely not get any significant benefit from using an amp and may end up less happy. An amp also defeats having such a small and light portable player.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="psygeist, post: 2058622, member: 35793"] [URL]http://nwavguy.blogspot.in/2011/02/sansa-clip-measured.html[/URL] [B]NO HEADPHONE AMP REQUIRED: [/B]A headphone amp isn't likely to help much, and may do more harm (see: [URL='http://nwavguy.blogspot.com/2011/02/gain-and-headphone-ampsdacs.html']Headphone Amps[/URL]) considering how good the Clip+ already is by itself. It has plenty of clean output power to drive nearly any portable headphone likely to be used with a player like this. The unusually low output impedance means its performance is relatively unaffected by the headphones used. Unless you plan to use some oddball seriously [U][I]in[/I][/U]efficient headphones with an impedance higher than 64 ohms, or like uber-loud levels and long term hearing damage, you'll likely not get any significant benefit from using an amp and may end up less happy. An amp also defeats having such a small and light portable player. [/QUOTE]
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