Inspirational Technology

iMic Impressions

I received my iMic yesterday and it was trivial to hook it up to my cube. It definitely solved some of the problems I was having. I can now get acceptable output level and much better quality through headphones. It almost has enough power to drive my sennheiser headphones. It can get a basic listening level out of them, but there's no room to go beyond that. Can't blame it too much though, the Sennheisers are always tough to drive. Since I got rid of my highend audio gear, I normally use a cheap pair of Sony headphones anyway so it's not a big deal.

I also found out the hum I was getting from my stereo was the result of the long cable run more then anything else, so I still have that problem. The iMic does produce a better quality and higher level output overall though. I'll try a different cable configuration to see if I can cure the hum problem.