Explain 'matching ohms to me?


I am buying a pair of AKG 701 headphones,and am playing them thru my Rotel preamp. Somewhere I was told I had to match the ohms. I am totally illiterate in this ball park. I looked up the specs on the Rotel. Their useable headphome impedence is 8 - 2000 ohms. The headset is aroud 63 ohms. Can I run the head set thru the Rotel? Help me understand all of this? Thanks. Jack
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Thanks, Swampwalker. I guess I'll have to wait and see. I had hoped to avoid the cost of an hp amp at this time. Jack1177