[eric343]

For my English class, we have to do a speech on a particular topic, it'll be 4-6 min long and MUST have PowerPoint or a flip chart. What information do you folks think I should include for my presentation (on headphones of course), keep in mind the audience is 9th grade private-schoolers who think those funny silver mesh $20 headphones are good. (although someone has a pair of HD545s on their PCDP, no amp tho)


No I don't want you to do my work for me, just some suggestions

 

[raymondlin]

Bring in a glass head with a pair of HD600 on them driven by a X-canv2 to convince anyone who doesn't believe you that it's better then those $20 cans.

You can talk about

1 : The history of it
2 : Frequency response
3 : Range, main manufacturer/close, open, IR....
4 : Comfort
5 : Why?

Keep it to about a minute for each one, shouldn't be that hard since you have a whole database here and on headwize for your research.

 

[gorgon_123]

maybe you could check out the headwize headphone FAQs for some ideas (http://headwize.com/faqs.htm) - lots of questions about headphones that you could answer for the class.

when i first got interested in headphones the first thing that confused me was the need for a headphone amplifier. perhaps you could explain that (even give a demo with your cmoy).

also I believe headroom has some articles about headphone stuff. in fact, here it is: http://www.headphone.com/EditorialHe...adingStuff.asp

Good luck on your presentation!

 

[hongda]

If it's supposed to be informative, you could discuss the various types of headphones(open, closed, dynamic, electrostatic....)


If it's persuasive, you could compare different headphones, or headphones to speakers, (cost, comfort, quality etc)

Just bring in visual aids =)

 

[coolvij]

eric: sounds like a neat idea (headphone presentation). I'd suggest heading over to headwize ASAP - the Library has some awesome stuff...plenty of research material.

Also cover equalizations (grado, sennheiser, beyer) or lack of (AKG? Stax? Orpheus?).

And of course, let them demo some nice headphones, if possible. Your dad has SR-80s, right? Well - there u go...

Good Luck!

 

[skippy]

i've already done this for a public speaking class.

there's lots of information, more than enough to last 6 minutes, so i confined myself to an introduction to the types of headphones.

first i discussed the types of drivers dynamic, electrostatic/electret, isodynamic, etc... then open vs. closed cans (i used that picture of 2 girls making out wearing sony cans to illustrate closed cans... that really got the class' attention) and the last subject was the fit of the can. i.e. circumaural vs. surpaural, earbuds and canalphones.

 

[chych]

Quote:

(i used that picture of 2 girls making out wearing sony cans to illustrate closed cans... that really got the class'

Ahem, 9th grade class, I don't think we want eric over there to be suspended

 

[dhwilkin]

HAHAHA, good job Skippy!

 

[dngl]

hahahahah. girls and headphones...

 

[bpm2000]

what picture and where do i find it?

 

[Onix]

As for history os cans, there's this guy named Jason (I think) who has a huge collection of old cans. Try a search on Headwize.

 

[chych]

bpm2000...

Do Not Click Here

 

[Gluegun]

I'd suggest you tell 'em some good cheap cans...

MX-500, MDR-EX70, KSC-35, KSC-55 (!!!!!!!), MDR-V6, UR-20, UR-30....

 

[coolvij]

I like Gluegun's list, tho I'd scratch the UR series of Koss cans and instead include 888s and Grado SR 60/80s as well

 

[Xander]

Gonzagas!