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szakee t1_iy9rjtl wrote

The X2HR is 30 ohm and 100 sensitivity. A phone can drive it. If your asgard couldn't, it was faulty.

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_FinalPantasy_ OP t1_iy9sg6q wrote

It could drive it, (edit: meaning it worked… but didn’t get very loud) but only in high gain mode did it get enough volume to be enjoyable. ASR noticed this, too.

I asked Schitt tech support and they said this was normal behavior for how they designed it... maybe to make running IEMs less confusing.

Plenty of power, but a fair amount of distortion it seems.

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klogg4 t1_iy9ug6k wrote

What did ASR notice? They only said they were surprised that Ether CX weren't superloud. Nothing else. If you had enough volume, you were good (you HAD enough volume... X2HR is a very efficient headphone that can be driven by a mobile phone, and Asgard is a crazily powerful amp).

Btw - term "driving" means having enough volume and that's all. It has nothing to do with the sound signature.

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_FinalPantasy_ OP t1_iya0fyh wrote

I clarified my response. Yes, both low and high gain drove my X2HRs, but low/no gain was fairly quiet even at 100%. Like having a face to face conversation in an office.

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blargh4 t1_iya4qng wrote

Something seems screwy. Assuming Philips's sensitivity spec is accurate and the input signal to the amp is enough to get it near the limits of its power capabilities at low gain, 150mW should be sufficient for hearing damage inducing SPLs.

Ah well, if low gain is busted, new amp solves the problem.

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what_that_thaaang_do t1_iyah1r8 wrote

Were you using the asgard with the DAC module?

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_FinalPantasy_ OP t1_iyah3gm wrote

No

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what_that_thaaang_do t1_iyaonqw wrote

That's odd then. The asgard should be able to power the X2HR with plenty of headroom

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_FinalPantasy_ OP t1_iyap0ao wrote

It'll blow them up in high gain, but normal gain is only useful for the IEMs I've been testing or higher sensitivity cans.

I've got the L30 IIs at about 30% when gaming (Playing Project Diablo 2 right now) and 90 - 100% when listening to music on Tidal on middle gain. The L30 has 3 gain settings (L/M/H) and Asgard 3 has 2.

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what_that_thaaang_do t1_iyarwc6 wrote

Even in low gain the asgard should be able to destroy those cans lol. Most schiit amps are pretty OP when it comes to power

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ComedianAcceptable32 t1_iyaqt08 wrote

Do you have other headphones that you've tested on these amps? I could drive my X2HR to uncomfortably loud (not ear-splitting, but probably at least 85+ dB) levels out of a simple, USB-C dongle that outputs 1V. Sounds like something might be wrong with your headphones (or their cable) if they need such high levels of gain to get that volume.

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_FinalPantasy_ OP t1_iybbw30 wrote

Just IEMs. The guys in the ASR review said they had the same thing where it wouldn't get very loud on low gain.

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