made a parabolic dish out of fiberglass but still need to test it with a light

found this, it's very helpful http://www.head-fi.org/t/413900/how-to-equalize-your-headphones-a-tutorial

hello, I want to make myself another pair of headphones that have descent sound quality. I have a molds for some parts and i'm planning on making them out of fiber glass. I know very little about sound (but if I you show me a picture/diagram of what you're saying I will understand it) so I was...

Quote:   i've been working on making my own headphones too, there's some information here: http://www.head-fi.org/t/623934/hand-built-custom-headphones but you'll have to read through alot of not very helpful comments. there's some realy good information in there sometimes though

Quote: lol no quite. i didn't have any headphones and i wanted some so i made a pair. i have listened to music threw other things, not just noise canceling beats and super cheap earbuds. i had a pair of skullcandy ink'd earbuds which broke and they replaced with ink'd supream. i also have...

Quote: ya i guess i did kind of underestimate this... oh well giving up's bad for you. i know the equipent and software isn't really up to par but i never intended these headphones to be crazy awsome sounding, i just want something better than those stupid, horrid, annoying, popular, waste...

tricky, tricky. the audio vidio department didn't have any mesurment mics but the physics department might at my school.

is a PET diaphagram strong enough? they look and feel realy flimsy but they are used on many products.

Quote: LOL! ya that was a stupid thing to ask. i guess what i meant to say is if i put in some good speakers, won't i have to remove them again to get them to get the frequency response and distortion values right? you guys said the speakers need to be tuned to the headphones, how? sorry...

i assume i need a speeker in one of the cups to do the tests. should i get a realy nice speaker to do that, or can i use my greeting card speakers?

oh, sweet then i know my school has some mics that are usable!

Quote: are they kind of like a condenser mic, just more expensive?

ok i'll ask my teacher about it tomorrow.are measurement microphones just supper nice mics? I've never heard of one.

Quote: i have access to a large number of programs and some nice mics because i'm taking audio vidio class and the teacher runs a radio station, has nice equipment, and likes my headphone idea. Quote: thanks! it really can get annoying being told you can't do somthing, especially...

dose FiiO make good mini amps? they make the cheapest amps i can get wholesale.

what are the tools that i need to meseur all of the of the specifications required for good speakers tuned to my headphones? what i want to know is how can i make a specification sheet that i can send a manufacturer to make me some speakers. i am willing to add a mini amp if i have to but i...

do lower Ohms increase battery life?

Quote: how do i mesure that? Quote: and this? Quote: Is OP me? battery life isn't supper important, i just want to get threw the day of listing with an ipod with out the battery dying. Quote: any speaker to test. i do want it to still sound good (not amazing, jut good)...

woops, i missed this whole page, geuss i didn't notice the page 3 button . i'll read threw what you guys of said and i'll try and answer the questions. the link to the sonny site has no information, just numbers.

Quote: thanks for posting that link i've started reading it. i don't know how quickly they should expand but i was thinking kind of like a mega phone. Quote: what kind of tool would i use to find about impedance and sensitivty? i only know the basics of acoustics Quote:   i...

this be any better?: 40mm neodymium driver Impedance: 32Ω Sensitivity: 114dB S.P.L at 1kHz Frequency response: 20 to 20kHz Maximum power input: 150mW

i found the answer to my question. ok so, if i had two speakers with neodymium magnets, 50mm Mylar Drivers, 32 Ohms Impedance, a Sensitivity of 108dB at 1kHz, and a frequency response of  20 to 20,000Hz sound good if the speakers were floating in the air?

Quote: your right that i do want headphones that sound better than beats but, my $15 pair of headphones sound much better than the popular sound cancleing ones (the ones i hate). because of this i don't think that finding the perfect speaker is necessary. what i had meant is, how much power...

Quote: are you eaven reading all that i'm saying? i never said i was going to put anything on kickstarter before i had a nice prototype and i never said i was just going to throw stuff together. all i wanted was information on the speakers. i'm sorry i got mad in my last post, i had had a...

geesha weesh! i knew this was the wrong forum for this after i read one thread, $1000 fo fancy earbud things! dats crayzy! you guys have got to remember, ALL I ASKED HELP FOR WAS TO FIND SPEAKERS!!!!! I'M NOT TRYING TO MAKE HEADPHONES LIKE YOU GUYS LISTEN TO!!!!! i admire what you can make...