Submitted by mofankri t3_yc3v0p in headphones
I'm a newbie in audio world. From what I know, audio device with planar driver demands higher power, but how to determine the requirements to drive certain devices? Some say look at the impedance, vrms, or the mW.
I've read the faq and it says only about the impedance in ohm. Is it the only factor? Since certain dac have different mw or vrms for the same 32ohm
Right now I'm using tin t3+ with dynamic driver which easy to drive. My DAC dongle is Jcally jm20 with cirrus logic cs 43131 chip. I'm planning to buy either dioko or p1max or stellaris, which all are planar. I think I will buy the DAC dongle first since it will increase the quality of my t3+ either way.
frazum t1_itk7c9s wrote
Use the headphone power calculator like this one here (there are several online):
https://www.headphonesty.com/headphone-power-calculator/
and the compare it to the output of the dac you are interested in to see whether the said DAC can drive the cans.