Focusrite Scarlet and Beyerdynamic headphone

[katolecho]

Hi guys,

I'm looking to buy a Focusrite Scarlett 2i2 3gen via Thomann and at the same time some headphones.

I've seen the DT770 Pro that are pretty affordable.
But the question is about the impedance.
It seems that there is 80 ohms and 250 ohms.
What is the best choice?

By the way, is the frequency range (5 - 35.000 Hz) sufficient to play bass at home with this headphones?

 

[frnjplayer]

You can certainly play bass thru that rig and although you may not the full body shaking experience of an SVT/fridge combination it should sound pretty close to the tone that you are feeding into the system. I don't know what the frequency range differences are between the two headphones but you should find that you will be able to get louder with the 250 ohm set.

 

[katolecho]

Ok, got an information :

- For all 1st Gen, 2nd Gen, and 3rd Gen Bus-Powered Scarlett interfaces (Solo, 2i2, 2i4, and 4i4), iTrack Solo and Saffire 6 USB look for headphones with a maximum impedance of 200 ohms.

- For all 1st Gen, 2nd Gen, and 3rd Gen mains powered Scarlett interfaces (6i6, 8i6, 18i6, 18i8 and 18i20) look for headphones with a maximum impedance of 250 ohms.

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[AGCurry]

... you should find that you will be able to get louder with the 250 ohm set.

This is backwards. The higher impedance phones will in theory have better sound but take more power to match the volume of the lower impedance phones.

 

[Frenchy-Lefty]

+1
The Beyerdynamic DT880 are good headphones. The frequency response (5-35,000kz) is more than enough since the human ear can mostly hear sounds between 30Hz and 15Khz.

I actually believe that spending too much time mixing with similarly extended range headphones (Sony MDR7250) had caused me some permanent ear damage (tinitus). Therefore I caution you to go real easy on the volume

In my experience, it is important to mix with a combo of monitors - even cheap ones - and headphones.

 

[katolecho]

The purpose is not specially to mix/record but playing my pedal board and headphone, sending sounds to skype for my music lessons.
I'm far away from recording something.

But your advice @Frenchy-Lefty (gaucher français?) about the volume is a good one after all.
I've got slightly the same problem but it was because i've went at so many shows without any ear protection...
That's why i've bought some molded ear protections, even if it's too late.

 

[frnjplayer]

This is backwards. The higher impedance phones will in theory have better sound but take more power to match the volume of the lower impedance phones.

Not quite. Higher impedance will require less current to drive. Higher voltage devices are cheaper and easier to build than high current units so I, admittedly, am guessing that a low cost interface probably was built along those lines.

 

[mcnach]

This is backwards. The higher impedance phones will in theory have better sound but take more power to match the volume of the lower impedance phones.

agreed

 

[WildOGPizza]

I've been using 300 ohm Sennheiser HD650 headphones with a 2nd gen Focusrite Scarlett 2i2 and they get way louder than I would ever want to listen extendedly. I would go toward the higher impedance headphones.