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Anathallo

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Changing an Amps Output Impedance
« on: July 14, 2014, 06:43:16 PM »

Hey Folks,

So I'm not great with electronics, but I own a Super 7 and a Crack with Speedball that I built myself.  I find myself enjoying my HD800 on the Crack more than the Super 7 due to the increased mid-bass response from the output impedance difference, but really enjoy the technicalities of the Super 7.

Is there an easy-ish way to mod my Super 7 to make the output impedance match the IEC standard?  Best case, to make the single ended output 120 ohm and leave the balanced plug unchanged?

Thanks in advance for any help.
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Re: Changing an Amps Output Impedance
« Reply #1 on: July 14, 2014, 07:03:13 PM »

All you need to do is add a resistor to a jack/plug. Or you can buy one or two of these: http://www.headphone.com/products/etymotic-er-4p-to-er-4s-adapter
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Re: Changing an Amps Output Impedance
« Reply #2 on: July 15, 2014, 12:48:38 AM »

Thanks for the reply - forgive the incompetence, but would I just add a 120ohm resistor to every pole of the 1/4" jack?
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Re: Changing an Amps Output Impedance
« Reply #3 on: July 15, 2014, 01:37:04 AM »

I think you should connect one 120 ohm resistor per channel (i.e. two resistors) in series. You might need a female 1/4" jack connector and a male 1/4" jack connector. Connect left to left and right to right of the connectors using a resistor for each channel, and just put a wire for the grounds.

male jack left --- 120 ohm --- female jack left
male jack right --- 120 ohm --- female jack right
male jack gnd --- wire --- female jack gnd

(hopefully I got this right)

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http://www.changstar.com/index.php/topic,90.msg430.html#msg430
« Last Edit: July 15, 2014, 03:15:02 AM by ultrabike »
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Re: Changing an Amps Output Impedance
« Reply #4 on: July 15, 2014, 10:00:56 PM »

if you can build a Crack, you can build a dongle like anetode posted easily enough to suit your needs, and play around with differing resistances.

yes, just add the resistors in series in each channel and leave ground connected as normal without any series resistance.  if you want to play around with adding output impedance balanced, cut the resistance in half of total desired resistance since both phases of a single channel are in series with one another across the driver.  if you want a total of 120 ohms, add a 60 ohm in series with each of the 4 wires.

make sure you ohm it out when finished for any possible shorts in a tight fitting plug.
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Re: Changing an Amps Output Impedance
« Reply #5 on: July 17, 2014, 03:52:57 PM »

Awesome guys, thanks for the help.
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