u/TightPerformer7685

Hey everyone, I’m planning to pick up a Scarlett Solo to pair with a set of 35-ohm headphones for tracking electric guitar. I noticed on the official spec sheets that the 4th Gen line has a whopping 50Ω headphone output impedance, whereas the 3rd Gen sits at <1Ω. Following the "Rule of Eighths" for a proper damping factor, a 50Ω output on the 4th Gen seems like a massive mismatch for 35Ω headphones, which would completely mess with the low-end frequency response and cause distortion. Meanwhile, the 3rd Gen's near-zero impedance looks perfect for low-impedance gear. Am I missing something here, or is the 3rd Gen actually the much better buy if I want a flat, accurate mix with low-impedance headphones?

Edit: The headphones in question are the Audio Technica ATH-M40x's,
the reason I'm concerned about this is because Julian Krause seems to mention output impedance a lot

so i have budget a big one for my country, its about 23k ils and i want to build top pc with rtx 5080 and amd cpu, now idk what parts to take but i know that i will get the Corsair 7000D Airflow Tempered Full Tower ATX the rest idk at all now prices in Israel are in the sky, so 23k ot 25k ils is about 7 to 9k usd.

and i will get a rtx 5080 with amd 9 9950x3d

now i want at least 32 ram and 4TB ssd

the rest idk what to get or what should i get

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