Re: ASUS Xonar Essence STX/low impedance (16-32 ohm) headphones support

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Bill Unruh wrote:
>> On 29/04/14 15:52, Balduin Waldmeister wrote:
>>> So my question is whether it's possible to add the low impedance support
>>> (16 - 32 ohm) to ALSA for use with the old STX? Currently it stops at
>>> the normal gain setting (< 64 ohm).
>
> That has to do with the capabilities of the amplifier on board the sound card,
> not the settings of the card. The amplifier needs to be able to deliver high
> current and have a low output impedence-- ie  it is a hardware issue.
> Not at all sure what the impdence settings on the card would do.

The "impedance" setting just lowers the volume.  (<300 Ω and <64 Ω are
-6 dB and -18 dB.)  I didn't think this was worth implementing in the
Linux driver, but people whined until I did.

It is certainly possible to add a fourth setting.

Being charitable, this might not be a HiFi Voodoo stunt by Asus
marketing, but an honest attempt at preventing unhealthily loud
output levels ...


Regards,
Clemens

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