ipod headphone ohms

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  1. ebay

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    I was reading a thread on the psp forums and it said that there was away to turn up the ohms on the psp earphones.

    So I was woundering if anyone knew of away to turn up the ohms on the ipod earphones?
     
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    anyone??
     
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    you can't adjust the ohms of headphones or speakers. you can however purchase headphones with a lower ohm rating that the ones you currently have, which will result in a louder volume. (for example, car stereos run on 1 - 4 ohm systems, home stereos run on 8 - 16 ohm systems, although it is not advised to switch the two since you can damage the electronics.)


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    First off this is like my cough *third cough *account cough so I know whats going on here.

    But what, I swear I read that you could turn up the ohms some where in the forums! Is it not possible at all??
     
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    ohms are the measurement of the resistence of current in speakers/headphones. inside a speaker/headphone is a magnet, and an electromagnet. an electromagnet is essentially a piece of metal with thin wire wrapped around it. by putting voltage throug the wire, an electromagnet is created. the electromagnet that moves back and forth due to resitance/attraction from the permanemt magnet, which is what makes the speaker coil vibrate and create sound waves that can be heard. there is no way to manually change that resistance of a speaker.
     

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