2021 MacBook Pro High Impedance Headphones

[OneZweiThree]

Was anyone able to figure out, what kind of headphones the new MacBooks can comfortably drive?

Unfortunately I only have my ATH-M50X with me and once you go over 50% volume, basically your ears fall off.

 

[NickYanakiev]

I am also interested in this. I have a pair of Focal Utopia but they are not especially hard to drive.

 

[OneZweiThree]

Someone tried with the HD650. Seems to work great.

https://www.reddit.com/r/apple/comments/qgj7pz

 

[PTLove]

I have a pair of 250ohm DT990 Pros. The notebook naturally drives them just as well as my sandblaster G6.

 

[Macalway]

I think with this sort of thing it helps if you have hard specs to get a good look at it what's going on. Anecdotal, subjective posts are ok, but with ears?

But someone will deep dive this i'm sure. Output impedance and and power availability at various impedances is a good start.

 

[snipr125]

I think its safe to say that these 2021 MB Pros can literally drive any headphones. Would be interesting to know what Cirrus Logic DAC Chip is used.