Macintosh Sound Port: Can I Use 8 ohm Headphones? (12/95)

Can I safely use 8 ohm headphones with my Power Macintosh 7500 computer?
Yes, you can use a set of headphones with an impedance rating of 8 ohms on any Macintosh computer with a sound out port.

The lower impedance will not cause any problems for the computer or the headphones. However, the audio heard through the 8 ohm headphones may not be as loud as the audio you would hear through a pair of higher impedance headphones.


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Published Date: Feb 19, 2012