Difference between Single and Dual Driver?

[NeObliviscaris]

Hi - yes before you say it, I did try to search the forums with variations of the topic name, but could not find a thread relating to this.

Simple question, what is the difference between single and dual drivers, what do each of them do?

Thx

 

[only500made]

http://www.amazon.com/Ultimate-Ears-.../dp/B0009Q4PH4

 

[NeObliviscaris]

I still remain confused :S

 

[003]

Single driver has one driver that covers all frequencies. Dual driver splits things up, one is for low frequency and one is for mid/high frequency. In the picture, the purple box is the low frequency driver and the yellow for high frequency.

 

[NeObliviscaris]

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Originally Posted by 003 /img/forum/go_quote.gif Single driver has one driver that covers all frequencies. Dual driver splits things up, one is for low frequency and one is for mid/high frequency. In the picture, the purple box is the low frequency driver and the yellow for high frequency.

cooool sense has been made

 

[onvn]

is just lyk speakers?

one-way speaker - single driver

two-way speaker - dual driver

three-way speaker - triple driver

etc. etc.

 

[Megalomania]

You only have two speakers - the right earbud, and the left earbud. Within each speaker there are drivers that produce the sound coming out of the speaker. With dual drivers, you have a low frequency driver to pump out the bass, and a mid & high range driver to produce the mid and high range frequencies to improve sound clarity.

 

[Ruckus]

Dam that's weird.

I would have thought like onvn.

 

[umcloud]

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Originally Posted by Ruckus /img/forum/go_quote.gif Dam that's weird. I would have thought like onvn.

Not weird at all, it's just like woofers and tweeters in a speaker setup. IEMs have been notorious for rolling off at the extremes of the frequency spectrum, so I suspect that dual and triple driver designs are a way to solve this.