Joe Grado was hardly deaf.....he sang for the Met in NY. ....he also drove around in a Lambo.....couldn’t miss him in Westfield, NJ.
To the original question.....I strongly recommend getting a dedicated headphone amp for your purchase. All too often the headphone out on recievers et al is just an afterthought.
I would get Grado SR225, $100 more but much better, this is Grado's best value, after that you jump straight to $700 RS-1. Yeah, headphone amp too, there are some for about $100.
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