Looking at getting one of these, but I have AKG 712 headphones which have an impedance of 62 ohm, which I understand isn't enough to trigger the headphone amp to switch to high voltage (above 150 ohm it automatically switches from 1.25v to 3v). The problem is these headphones are notoriously hard to drive, so I was wondering if anyone knows if there's a way to switch the voltage higher in software?
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Adjustable headphone jack voltage in new MBPs?
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Thanks for the reply, yeah I figured it must have been discussed but couldn't find anything relevant, do you have links to any other threads?
I don't have a link handy, but you may be able to find something via Google. I had some success finding discussion that way, mostly on reddit, last week when I was researching it for a customer review. (What I found indicated that the power for most planars with impedance about like yours wasn't enough, but I didn't see anything about the AKGs.)
Ahh yeah, sounds like we've got the same problem then! Surely someone must be able to make a software switcher soon huh
The support page that explains the switching is:
support.apple.com
If you Google the document number, HT212856, you'll run across a lot of pages and forum posts that allude to it.
Use high-impedance headphones with your Mac - Apple Support
You can connect high-impedance headphones directly to compatible Mac computers introduced in 2021 or later.
If you Google the document number, HT212856, you'll run across a lot of pages and forum posts that allude to it.
Cheers, did a google of that number but couldn't find anything related to manually switching it?The support page that explains the switching is:
Use high-impedance headphones with your Mac - Apple Support
You can connect high-impedance headphones directly to compatible Mac computers introduced in 2021 or later.
If you Google the document number, HT212856, you'll run across a lot of pages and forum posts that allude to it.
Yeah, still haven't seen anything about manual switching either. I don't expect to, but you never know.
