Adamant11746
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I've been using IEMs with my motherboard audio for years, and I've always had the volume set very low (6 for UE900s, 8 for Letshouer S12, don't remember the others). Ironically the less sensitive Truthear Zero is the one that is giving me problems, because my preferred listening level is somewhere between 10 and 12 (the volume keys on my keyboard adjust in increments of 2).
I also had another concern, spurred by a post in the Truthear Zero thread mentioning high output impedance on a phone leading to extra bass. This led me to look up my motherboard audio, and while I couldn't find any mention of output impedance I did see that the recommended headphone impedance is no lower than 32 ohms.
I was wondering if anyone had suggestions on something like an attenuator to give me a wider usable volume range. I'm having trouble finding information, and what I did find was the iFi IEMatch+ (which might work but is expensive) and the iFi Ear Buddy (which seems to be discontinued, at least on amazon, and has too high an output impedance). Very few companies seem to make attenuators. I also came across something suggesting that attenuators might mess with frequency response on multi-driver IEMs, but I don't know if I can trust that. I am also open to a separate headphone amp if that would be a better solution, but would prefer to keep costs down as much as possible.
I also had another concern, spurred by a post in the Truthear Zero thread mentioning high output impedance on a phone leading to extra bass. This led me to look up my motherboard audio, and while I couldn't find any mention of output impedance I did see that the recommended headphone impedance is no lower than 32 ohms.
I was wondering if anyone had suggestions on something like an attenuator to give me a wider usable volume range. I'm having trouble finding information, and what I did find was the iFi IEMatch+ (which might work but is expensive) and the iFi Ear Buddy (which seems to be discontinued, at least on amazon, and has too high an output impedance). Very few companies seem to make attenuators. I also came across something suggesting that attenuators might mess with frequency response on multi-driver IEMs, but I don't know if I can trust that. I am also open to a separate headphone amp if that would be a better solution, but would prefer to keep costs down as much as possible.