Has anyone ever tried these? Dual Driver closed headphones

[cam94z28]

While searching for more information on the dual-driver canalphones out there, I came across this link on google....

http://www.thetechzone.com/?m=show&id=300

Seems a company called Medialine has made a coaxially mounted dual-driver over-the-ear headphone. They don't look very comfortable, but I wonder how the sound quality will stack up to head-fiers standards. Newegg has them for $39.99 and I'm tempted to cough up the cash and give them a shot.

 

[EdipisReks]

i bet they suck. i know the review sucks.

 

[cam94z28]

They probably do suck. I wasn't expecting a miracle, but it's a step in the right direction in headphone design. Who made the rule that only canalphones were capable of having a quality dual driver design? It would probably be easier to implement in full size headphones.

 

[Jahn]

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Originally Posted by cam94z28 They probably do suck. I wasn't expecting a miracle, but it's a step in the right direction in headphone design. Who made the rule that only canalphones were capable of having a quality dual driver design? It would probably be easier to implement in full size headphones.

its been done before way in the past -anyone remember the name of that can? anyhow it's an idea whose time had passed. everything old is new again - ipod users might go for anything white, portable, and a bit funky. that's the demographic.

 

[Rhydon]

It was some sort of panasonic -attempted- high-end can.

 

[Xanadu777]

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Originally Posted by Jahn its been done before way in the past -anyone remember the name of that can?

Pickering may have been the earliest to do it

 

[RickG]

"the woofer in the EDS-200F just reproduce the lower frequencies, leaving the higher octaves to the tweeter."

Ingenious! A less clever designer might have configured them the opposite way.

 

[EdipisReks]

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Originally Posted by cam94z28 They probably do suck. I wasn't expecting a miracle, but it's a step in the right direction in headphone design. Who made the rule that only canalphones were capable of having a quality dual driver design? It would probably be easier to implement in full size headphones.

it's been done plenty of times. it's part of the reason why that review sucked.

 

[cam94z28]

Did my research, the panasonic dual-driver model is the RP-HDA100, or Technics RP-FDA100 with a claimed frequency response of 3-100,000hz!

Audiocubes has them for $419!

I never realized this but it appears the AKG k270s has two drivers per earpiece. It's reviewed at 4 out of 5 stars at audioreview....

http://www.audioreview.com/cat/headp...0_2750crx.aspx

Headphone.com has it for $249, but they only gave it a 0.5 out of 5 (no it's not a typo)

Who do we believe?