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		<title>Built-in audio variations</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[In light of Apple&#8217;s removal of the 3.5mm jack (for which there is an excellent analysis), I must say that there is something to be said for the inconsistency of analog audio output from built-in audio devices in laptops. Apparently there is quite a bit of variation that I hadn&#8217;t realized. I ran this test [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>In light of Apple&#8217;s removal of the 3.5mm jack (for which there is an <a href="http://www.slate.com/articles/technology/future_tense/2016/09/apple_s_airpods_aren_t_just_wireless_earbuds_they_re_the_future_of_computing.html">excellent analysis</a>), I must say that there is something to be said for the inconsistency of analog audio output from built-in audio devices in laptops. Apparently there is quite a bit of variation that I hadn&#8217;t realized.</p>
<p>I ran <a href="http://www.audiocheck.net/soundtests_headphones.php">this test</a> using two sets of fairly wideband headphones and got results that were consistent across headphones but different between an HP laptop and a MacBook. The headphones were rated, respectively: (1) 15 &#8211; 20,000 Hz, 47 Ω input impedance; and (2) 15 &#8211; 24,000 Hz, 35 Ω input impedance. On the HP laptop with <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/audiophile/comments/2s9b2h/pandora_one_and_a_dac_amplifier/">&#8220;IDT High Definition Audio&#8221; (92HD93 chip)</a>, I could hear a range from 30 Hz to 18 kHz. On the MacBook Pro with <a href="http://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/57186/what-is-the-impedance-of-the-line-headphone-jack-on-macbook-pro-retina">mid-2014 hardware</a>, I could hear a range from 20 Hz to 16 kHz. I was quite surprised at the magnitude of this difference. A headphone amplifier (e.g. one built into the headphones) driven by digital input would eliminate this difference.</p>
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