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Author:	Defying Chicken [ 19 May 2014, 07:32 ]
Post subject:	Headphone Drivers
Hi! So I'm gonna build a pair of headphones, out of pure curiosity. But I think I might need some help with the drivers. I'll post a link to one driver I found, and some criteria I have, and I'll hope someone has a better option, because they seem to cheap to be good Here's what I found: http://www.ebay.com/itm/Visaton-K-50-WP ... 0498481999 And the important things are as follows: - +-16Ohm impedance - preferably 2 inches - not too deep/think (the one above is 18mm, but close to 30mm is ok too) Price isn't a major issue, I just really want it to compete with what I already have, which is an Audio Technica ATH-WS99 http://eu.audio-technica.com/en/product ... rodID=4392 Thanx for any help in advance Defying Chicken

Author:	Geek [ 19 May 2014, 13:47 ]
Post subject:	Re: Headphone Drivers
Hi, Those aren't even headphone drivers. They're for things like phone handsets. You'll likely be horribly disappointed putting them on your ears :-\

Author:	Defying Chicken [ 19 May 2014, 16:12 ]
Post subject:	Re: Headphone Drivers
Oh.. too loud sound you mean? Well, do anyone think they could post some more fitting drivers then?

Author:	Gio [ 21 May 2014, 18:08 ]
Post subject:	Re: Headphone Drivers
Headphone drivers are rather difficult to source. Here is one, but the impedance is 600 ohms. I wasn't able to find anything 16 ohms that would do the trick. http://ca.mouser.com/ProductDetail/Kobi ... DrBUsBRaU= Your best bet might be to contact Grado or Senheiser and ask if they have replacement drivers for a particular model. Cheers

Author:	Geek [ 21 May 2014, 21:39 ]
Post subject:	Re: Headphone Drivers
Hi Gio, THOSE make me want to DIY some tube-friendly headphones

Author:	Defying Chicken [ 24 May 2014, 13:55 ]
Post subject:	Re: Headphone Drivers
Gio wrote: Headphone drivers are rather difficult to source. Here is one, but the impedance is 600 ohms. I wasn't able to find anything 16 ohms that would do the trick. http://ca.mouser.com/ProductDetail/Kobi ... DrBUsBRaU= Your best bet might be to contact Grado or Senheiser and ask if they have replacement drivers for a particular model. Cheers Okay, I guess a thanks in order here But I'm still somewhat puzzled here. What makes those drivers headphonedrivers? I might have missed something, but I didn't see it specified for headphones ... I'm somewhat new to this, so this might all sound stupid

Author:	Geek [ 24 May 2014, 16:41 ]
Post subject:	Re: Headphone Drivers
They're designed for listening high quality music a cm or so away from your ear for long periods in either a closed cup, open back, or aperiodic enclosure. They're designed for a flatter frequency response so as to be non-fatiguing to the listener.. Other small speakers pretty much have to just reproduce the voice range for short periods of time. Though they may be rated for say, 200-20K, the response curve may look like a cross section of the Rocky Mountains Cheers!

Author:	Defying Chicken [ 24 May 2014, 17:58 ]
Post subject:	Re: Headphone Drivers
How do you know that? I can't seem to find that written anywhere!?! :S

Author:	Geek [ 24 May 2014, 20:42 ]
Post subject:	Re: Headphone Drivers
Having the privilege of speaking with a worker from Grado

Author:	Defying Chicken [ 28 May 2014, 10:03 ]
Post subject:	Re: Headphone Drivers
So I have been thinking over it some, and thought I might buy a couple of the suggested drivers, not like their price is too steep, but is 600Ohm impedance not a little too much?

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