>>106995152
The EX5 was touted as an IEM capable amp, so I wouldn't go that far.
I can't think of any headphones that would draw anywhere close to enough power to hit the clipping point the EX5 has below 32ohms.
>>106995317
>It's clipping at 5V with a 16ohm load, but that's like 1.5 watts of power, which almost nothing that sensitive is going to need. Similarly at 12 ohm it's clipping at 5V, which again is like 2 watts.
It's more like 4V for 16ohm and ~3.25V for 12ohm.
Though I do agree with your main point, for your particular headphones there is zero reason to be concerned about clipping since you're more than half a volt below where it would start clipping.