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post #31 of 34
1/7/13 at 5:34pm

That is probably another way to look at it.

 

An impulse response is the output of a system (say a headphone or an amplifier) when excited by an impulse signal.  An ideal impulse is an infinitely sudden signal, which would make a snare drum hit seem like it took forever.

 

In practice no such signal exist. Alternative methods are used to get equivalent results.

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post #32 of 34
3/19/13 at 9:49pm

Yes, I'd love to know what makes planar magnetic driver better than the other ?

 

what is best used for ?

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post #33 of 34
4/17/13 at 10:31am
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Originally Posted by JohnSantana View Post

Yes, I'd love to know what makes planar magnetic driver better than the other ?

 

what is best used for ?

 

Some planar magnetic headphones are better at reproducing bass relative to other technologies (dynamic and electrostatic headphones.)

 

Some also exhibit low non-linear distortion numbers relative to dynamic headphones (electrostatic headphones however may have an edge here.)

 

Planar magnetic headphones usually behave as resisitve loads to the amplifier which may have some benefits. However, many planar magnetic headphones tend to have low sensitivity values and may require quite a bit of current to drive, relative to more mainstream dynamic headphones.

 

Planar magnetic cans tend to be a bit on the heavy side (weight) compared to other technologies.

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post #34 of 34
4/17/13 at 6:59pm
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Originally Posted by ultrabike View Post

 

Some planar magnetic headphones are better at reproducing bass relative to other technologies (dynamic and electrostatic headphones.)

 

Some also exhibit low non-linear distortion numbers relative to dynamic headphones (electrostatic headphones however may have an edge here.)

 

Planar magnetic headphones usually behave as resisitve loads to the amplifier which may have some benefits. However, many planar magnetic headphones tend to have low sensitivity values and may require quite a bit of current to drive, relative to more mainstream dynamic headphones.

 

Planar magnetic cans tend to be a bit on the heavy side (weight) compared to other technologies.

Cool, many thanks for the explanation, now I know that by using Planar Magnetic head phone, it would means that I will also need to buy decent DAC and AMP as well with copper cable to get the maximum benefits of my iphone and PC listening experience.

(I do not have any decent source apart from those mobile device and MP3 320 kbps or FLAC at best).

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