2-way cans

[intoflatlines]

Are there any?

Sorry if this is a noob question.

 

[Zorander]

AKG K340 can be considered one.

Edit: I have not examined the K145, the little sister to the K340, much but I believe it has a set of dynamic and electret driver per channel too.

 

[Rednamalas1]

what are 2 way headphones?
like you can hear sounds in+out?
K1000 would be the closest...?

 

[intoflatlines]

No, by 2-way I mean like how car speakers can be considered 2 or 3 way. You know, they'll have a woofer and a tweeter w/crossover or something. I know there are IEMs that are like that, but are there cans too?

 

[jgonino]

Yeah, i think the K340 is the only thing that is close to 2-way. It has some dynamic and some electrostatic drivers; which makes them freakin' hard to drive!

 

[Rednamalas1]

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Originally Posted by intoflatlines /img/forum/go_quote.gif No, by 2-way I mean like how car speakers can be considered 2 or 3 way. You know, they'll have a woofer and a tweeter w/crossover or something. I know there are IEMs that are like that, but are there cans too?

Oh you mean multi-driver headphones?

http://www.head-fi.org/forums/f4/why...phones-145269/

 

[Zorander]

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Originally Posted by Rednamalas1 /img/forum/go_quote.gif Oh you mean multi-driver headphones? Sextets are first thing that came into my mind as well as K340s http://www.head-fi.org/forums/f4/why...phones-145269/

Sextetts use only 1 driver per channel.

 

[jgonino]

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Originally Posted by Zorander /img/forum/go_quote.gif Sextetts use only 1 driver per channel.

True. They have six passive radiators, but only one driver per channel.

Hence the sextett name.

 

[Rednamalas1]

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Originally Posted by Zorander /img/forum/go_quote.gif Sextetts use only 1 driver per channel.

oops! good to know

 

[scompton]

The AKG K280 has 2 dynamic drivers. The K340 and K145 have an electret driver and a dynamic driver. I believe the K290 has multiple drivers.

 

[jgonino]

Where is Fitz? he would know all of this info about the AKG's.

 

[thrillmetoo]

Senn HD 430 was 2-way. Unfortunately, no deep end and a bump in the higher lows. Good isolation though.

 

[Fitz]

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Originally Posted by scompton /img/forum/go_quote.gif The AKG K280 has 2 dynamic drivers. The K340 and K145 have an electret driver and a dynamic driver. I believe the K290 has multiple drivers.

The K270, K280, and K290 all have the twin drivers, but they are both run in parallel without any kind of crossover board or anything (excluding the closed K270's use of a different rubber attachment for each driver for backwave control).

 

[b0dhi]

Anyone know of 3-way designs, or, alternatively, 2-way designs with a low crossover frequency (~1Khz) ?

 

[Djnx]

Quote:

Originally Posted by Rednamalas1 /img/forum/go_quote.gif Oh you mean multi-driver headphones? http://www.head-fi.org/forums/f4/why...phones-145269/

Actually, the correct term is 2-way, since you can have 3 drivers and only 2-ways or 4 drivers and only 1-way, etc.