so, you can use low impedence headphones, but, it's not going to break anything??? It will only decrease sound quality?

daveschutt wrote:

 

I think the thing Line6 is referring to as far as damage is that it may damage your headphones not the unit itself.

That is not what Line6Perry is saying...

Line6Perry wrote:

 

Typically, our position with earbuds and POD's is that you shouldn't be using them because the resistance is not high enough on most earbud type headphones for the Phones output circuitry. I have seen damage to the components (op amps) in the past PODxt Live's as a result of people using earbuds, FYI.

http://line6.com/support/message/342817#342817

Do USB audio interfaces (specifically, this Focusrite Scarlett 2i2 http://www.focusrite.com/products/audio_interfaces/scarlett_2i2/) include a headphone amp? Would it be a better option to plug output into this, and utilize the Headphones output on the Focusrite instead of directly into the HD500? Not sure if the device really has a dedicated headphone amp -- doesn't seem to specify on the website nor the user manual. My Audio Technica m40fs headphones only offer 60 ohms of resistance.