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What are the top 5 most innovative headphone designs ever?

post #1 of 23
1/3/12 at 11:59am
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I would have to say that the AKG K340 Electrostatic-Dynamic Systems headphone should be included in the top 5 most innovative headphone designs ever.....

What other headphone designs could be included in the top most unique and innovative designs? By design i mean engineering and method of sound reproduction design, NOT aesthetic and looks design.

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post #2 of 23
1/3/12 at 1:33pm

TakeT-H2 maybe?

 

h2+batpure.jpg

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post #3 of 23
1/3/12 at 1:45pm
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Originally Posted by maverickronin View Post

TakeT-H2 maybe?

 

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Wow, 5,000 Ohms...that needs an amp for sure ;) ;) How do they sound compared to your typical Stax??? Granted it is not a Electrostatic, but it would be interesting to compare them to the Stax lineup of the past and present.

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post #4 of 23
1/3/12 at 1:59pm

I don't have of these and I've never heard it.  I just know about it.  Its a piezoelectric Heil AMT.  It need fairly high voltage so the company sells a transformer box to run off a speaker amp or something.  Apparently some people run them off of 'stat amps.  They don't need the bias voltage though.

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post #5 of 23
1/3/12 at 4:37pm

i think these are some of the first dynamics headphones the beyer dt 48

OGBeyers.jpg

or its closest living relative:
Dt48.jpg

 

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post #6 of 23
1/4/12 at 2:44am

The audio technica wing flex? Those things are so comfy. I never really felt them on the top of my head.

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post #7 of 23
1/4/12 at 10:14am

My top five innovative headphone designs: Yamaha HP-1 Orthodynamic, Stax SR-1, AKG K180, AKG K340, AKG K1000.

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post #8 of 23
1/4/12 at 10:20am

stax 009, hd650, akg 1000, lcd 3, and akg 702

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post #9 of 23
1/4/12 at 10:37am

 

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Originally Posted by shamankl View Post

stax 009, hd650, akg 1000, lcd 3, and akg 702


All of those except the K1000 are just incremental improvements on an older design.  Not very revolutionary.

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post #10 of 23
1/4/12 at 10:48am
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Originally Posted by Rawrbington View Post

i think these are some of the first dynamics headphones the beyer dt 48

OGBeyers.jpg

or its closest living relative:
Dt48.jpg

 



Are those the ones that were used for the school hearing tests that were given to us in elementary school....it was around 1967 or so, and i remember smelling the natural rubber pads on those headphones.

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post #11 of 23
1/4/12 at 11:11am

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Is this the first headphone to use memory foam? If not, what is? I don't know why on earth it took forever to have a headphone made with memory foam pads.

Without these pads, these headphones would not have the same amount of bass. Basically you could turn many headphones into a bass monster using it's shell.

I've even tested this. The only other headphone I can think of with memory foam is the KRK KNS-8400.

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post #12 of 23
1/4/12 at 11:57am

Regardless of how you feel about them, the PFR-V1 is completely unlike anything else.  In fact Sony has often been willing to try creative designs.

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post #13 of 23
1/4/12 at 12:30pm

Isn't the PFR-V1 pretty much just a miniature K1000 or am I missing something?

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post #14 of 23
1/4/12 at 12:58pm
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Originally Posted by maverickronin View Post

Isn't the PFR-V1 pretty much just a miniature K1000 or am I missing something?


The bass travelling through the metal is pretty unique, and really does actually work (if a bit uncomfortable).

 

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post #15 of 23
1/4/12 at 1:04pm

 

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Is this the first headphone to use memory foam?

 

XB series doesn't have memory foam imo.

 

The foam returns to normal everytime.

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