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Apple's High Impedence Output vs Dedicated Dac/Amp (alien.top)

submitted 1 year ago by Intelligent-Pause983@alien.top to c/headphones@hi-fi.community

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So, Apple just posted this listing of their list of Mac Products that ship with High Impedence Headphone output including their lowest end M2 Mac Mini.

https://support.apple.com/en-in/HT212856

Anyone who have used these inbuilt dac/amps as well as dedicated high end dac/amps? If you have, what are the sonic differences for a dedicated dac/amp? is it worth it?

Have apple solved the Amplifier requirement for a regular consumer?

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[–] ArnaudBgln@alien.top 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

The main issue is that they output a lot less for low impedance headphones so if they aren’t sensitive enough they may not be driven correctly. In theory at least. That being said I don’t feel I’m missing much driving the Arya organic. I have a dac/amp coming still and I’ll report in case I see noticeable differences.

[–] Intelligent-Pause983@alien.top 1 points 1 year ago

Let me know how it fares!