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[Q] How is the audio quality?

The phonearena review shows the headphone output power it around 2 volts which puts it amongst the highest of any smartphone. I am curious if this translates to good audio quality or if it's really only a means of powering bigger/better headphones.
I'm considering the differences between the Meizu MX4 Pro, Vivo x5 Max, HTC M8 and this

HTC One M8 can properly handle high impedance > 16 ohm ?

I want to buy a Seinhaiser CX 3.0 or maybe another model that have 18 or 32 ohm impedance. What's wrong with this? Is There any problem for matching m8 or every android phones with these earphones (upper than 16 ohm)? Thanks

You should not have any problem at all.
I'm using AKG K518, which are 32 ohm and they are loud enough and work flawlessly.

Rainy_day said:
I want to buy a Seinhaiser CX 3.0 or maybe another model that have 18 or 32 ohm impedance. What's wrong with this? Is There any problem for matching m8 or every android phones with these earphones (upper than 16 ohm)? Thanks
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I use Bose headphones that are 32 Ohms as well. They sound great.

That`s actually a pretty low impedance, things generally get more complicated over 100ohms which is why most portable gear is 8- 50ohms. So pretty much any inner ear earphone will be ok for smartphone use, but if the impedance is too low, the sound will be more affected by the output impedance of the source/phone, as with the sony xba-4`s. Rule of the thumb is to have 4x the impedance of the output impedance of your source, the M8 outputs around 2ohms which is well below that of those earphones.

Earphone/Earbud suggestion.

Any minimal price earphone suggestion?that i can hear the power of a quad dac audio.
I have apple earpod which is 45ohm.I read somewhere 50ohm is required to active the 4 dac.
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sagor1 said:
Any minimal price earphone suggestion?that i can hear the power of a quad dac audio.
I have apple earpod which is 45ohm.I read somewhere 50ohm is required to active the 4 dac.
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Update:
I find a earphone which is 51 ohm.price-99$
Model-Soundmagic e50 has 51
Or just buy the high impedance (75ohm) adapter & use it with my apple earpod?

The headphone amplifier changes the gain according to the headphone impedance, this is separate from whether the HiFi DAC is in use.

Is the high impedance mode gone on G7?

Hi, I have a LG G7, and I heard in some forum that in previous Lg phones (G6 and V30), plugging a high impedance headset/headphone will trigger the high impedance mode. I have a B&O play h3 , which is a low impedance headset obviously. Is the phone works fine with this headset? and how to enable the high impedance mode?

Those earphones should only have 18 Ohms of impedance which is pretty low so I don't understand why you would need the high impedance mode. Are you planning on using different earphones or headsets with higher impedance? If not that mode, if it exists on the G7, is worthless to you.

I mean will the sound be the same when using low impedance headsets?

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I mean will the sound be the same when using low impedance headsets?
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Impedance isn't an indication on how good headphone or earphones will sound, some have a high impedance and some have a really low one. Usually headphone with a really low impedance cost more because you don't need an external amp to drive them but that's it.
Your earphones are low impedance ones and they will never trigger the high impedance mode, if there is one at all.
It's not something that you can choose, you need to use the correct mode for your headphones or earphones in order to listen without distortions or without the volume being too low.
Sadly all my headphones are low impedance so I can't try to see if the DAC has this specific mode.

Full size Headphone playback?

Is anyone using full sized closed back headphones with their 20x with reasonable volume playback?
I'm thinking of getting the Beyerdynamic DT770 Pro, either 32 or 80 Ohm version and don't want an external amp/dac hanging off the phone!

The 16 Ω Sony MDR-1AM2 sound great with this phone. It also drives open back 32 Ω Grado SR325 to decent volume. I wouldn't buy a higher impedance set for use without an amp without trying them out first.

Thanks for the response. Think it's going to be the 32 Ohm ones. Just waiting now to see if anything comes up on Black Friday.