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A speaker driver functions best with adequate power driving its magnetic motor. Too little power means poor control, distortion, and a brightening of tone at higher volumes (although all this still happens when ragin reaching the mechanical limits of the driver).
It's mainly a question of if the source device supplies adequate power.
Power needed is also volume dependent. At quiet volumes you use very little power, but at medium to high volumes the driver motor may want more than the source device can offer.
From what I've found, most devices have a surprisingly low power output limit, and it's rare that headphones get enough. I find this to be true even with small IEMs, let alone full sized cans.