AzraelDarkangel
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This is a thought experiment since I'm poor at the moment. Most headphone drivers I've seen are designed to be as small and thin as possible, this makes sense of course. To maintain high efficiency and light weight, they don't actually require long voice coils and huge magnets. However, I've been thinking from the perspective of the tendency for more bass and the common use of equalization. At the moment, ignore the issue of weight without getting too rediculous. I was thinking about the problem from the perspective of loudspeaker design and looking at full range drivers around 4" and smaller. From that perspective, you are using a driver that is designed for much more output than what you need next to your ear so you can easily equalize the low end for more bass. You could use for example:
http://www.madisoundspeakerstore.com/approx-3-fullrange/fostex-fe83en-3-full-range
Say mounted in a 2" deep tube for the sake of simplicity, open ended. If you want to get more rediculous but better sound, metal cone full range drivers at this size often have better definition and bass detail but resonance peaks in the upper end but combine with a high efficiency ribbon tweeter for awesome dynamics, but you need a crossover. For simplicity we will say 1st order around 4k. And the two drivers mounted in a mild "V" shape words the ear, open part of the V around 4-5" with sound absorbing material covering every hard surface with the wide range driver closer to the rear and tweeter closer to the front if that makes sense. Example drivers:
http://www.parts-express.com/celestion-an2775-2-3-4-full-range-compact-array-driver--294-2046#lblSimilarProduct
And
http://www.parts-express.com/aurum-cantus-ast2560-aero-striction-tweeter--276-440
Of course you can't power it off your iPod, need speaker terminals. Probably need a fair amount of equalization.
http://www.madisoundspeakerstore.com/approx-3-fullrange/fostex-fe83en-3-full-range
Say mounted in a 2" deep tube for the sake of simplicity, open ended. If you want to get more rediculous but better sound, metal cone full range drivers at this size often have better definition and bass detail but resonance peaks in the upper end but combine with a high efficiency ribbon tweeter for awesome dynamics, but you need a crossover. For simplicity we will say 1st order around 4k. And the two drivers mounted in a mild "V" shape words the ear, open part of the V around 4-5" with sound absorbing material covering every hard surface with the wide range driver closer to the rear and tweeter closer to the front if that makes sense. Example drivers:
http://www.parts-express.com/celestion-an2775-2-3-4-full-range-compact-array-driver--294-2046#lblSimilarProduct
And
http://www.parts-express.com/aurum-cantus-ast2560-aero-striction-tweeter--276-440
Of course you can't power it off your iPod, need speaker terminals. Probably need a fair amount of equalization.