High impedance headphones may need more voltage to get the same volume
out of them, this might mean some battery powered devices struggle a
little. The SB however seems to have plenty of voltage to drive
headphones.
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On Thu, 2005-10-06 at 22:14 -0400, Pat Farrell wrote:
> On Thu, 2005-10-06 at 12:53 -0400, Pat Farrell wrote:
> > On Thu, 2005-10-06 at 09:30 -0700, bjackson wrote:
> > > I would be suprised if you got any decent output out of the SB2 into a
> > > HD600/650 load which are 300 ohms.
> > >
> > > The
On Thu, 2005-10-06 at 12:53 -0400, Pat Farrell wrote:
> On Thu, 2005-10-06 at 09:30 -0700, bjackson wrote:
> > I would be suprised if you got any decent output out of the SB2 into a
> > HD600/650 load which are 300 ohms.
> >
> > The standard headphone is 16-32-64 ohms, and the SB2 produces decent
On Thu, 2005-10-06 at 09:30 -0700, bjackson wrote:
> I would be suprised if you got any decent output out of the SB2 into a
> HD600/650 load which are 300 ohms.
>
> The standard headphone is 16-32-64 ohms, and the SB2 produces decent
> power into them, but I don't think it has the voltage needed t
I would be suprised if you got any decent output out of the SB2 into a
HD600/650 load which are 300 ohms.
The standard headphone is 16-32-64 ohms, and the SB2 produces decent
power into them, but I don't think it has the voltage needed to
properly drive 600/650's, which are 10 x the impedance. I
Julian,
Glad you got it sorted, was just about to mention I tried my coax
digital out into a pc and it worked fine. However, it seems we both
suffered a corruption in the Xilinx CPLD, though mine was completely
dead until I reprogrammed it - no playback whatsoever.
Sithuk,
I did a very quick c
Wh now I'm excited Kevin P from Slim Devices support got me
up and running on his first attempt at diagnosing the problem. It was a
corruption in the Xilinx CPLD so reprogramming it did the trick.
I can confirm that (shock horror) feeding the digital output of the SB2
directly into my
JulianL
When you do get it going you will get great sounds, I have an SB2 ->
Meridain 568.2 in my main system and an SB1 -> Meridain D600's in my
second system. Both very good, both better than SB2 analogue outputs
into 568.2 (which I would expect as it A-D processes then D-A) and into
the D600,
Blu,
I would very much appreciate your review of the SB2 headphone socket
with a HD600/650 headphone. I have not been able to find one yet.
Specifically I'd like to know the impacts of using a separate headphone
amp and/or a separate DAC when compared to the stock SB2 socket. Can a
difference be
On Thu, 2005-09-15 at 11:33 -0700, JulianL wrote:
> now I am using the SB2 with my Meridian DSP5000 speakers by feeding the
> SB2 analogue outputs into a £14.95 analogue to digital converter
>[snip]
> this must be about the most extreme example of a weak link in a system!
The folks at Boothroyd-
Thanks for the reply bludragon. Yes, my analogue outputs do work. Right
now I am using the SB2 with my Meridian DSP5000 speakers by feeding the
SB2 analogue outputs into a £14.95 analogue to digital converter that I
happened to have in a cupboard. Needless to say I'm not in a position
to contribut
Thanks for the feedback. Don't have much time tonight, but I could try
the hd650's via the headphone out on the squeezebox if you want
Sithuk.
One thing worth mentioning about the HD600/650's is that they don't
keep out much background noise, something to beware of if you have a pc
in your listen
Nice post. I don't want to hijack this thread but, since you had a long
wait from Dabs and got your SB2 at exactly the same time as me, I
suspect you have one of exactly the same batch that I just got.
Unfortunately my SB2 seems to be partially dead on arrival, I can get
absolutely no output from
I agree, good review. FWIW, I too am using the SB2 with HD650s and a
tweaked WNA Mk2; it's a winning combination. I suspect that a decent
linear PSU to replace the supplied switching jobby would be a cheap but
significant upgrade option. I just haven't got round to looking for
something suitable y
Blu,
Excellent post mate.
I'm currently speccing a SB2 system to buy. I currently own no hi-fi
kit at all. From the mass of posts I've read it seems that you need an
external dac / headphone amp to get the best from your HD650s. I am
looking into the following:
Squeezebox 2 (£190ish)
HD600 (£1
Also posted this on headfi. Hope it is of some use/interest.
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