b0dhi
Headphoneus Supremus
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Various earbud/canalphone dynamics:
Upper end armatures:
Upper end armatures:
They (the Shures)do not have the bass of the Denons, and in some music that is a serious miss, but .... for acoustic music they are fantastastic. Listening to the Shures is like listening to a very well designed small two-way speaker; the music sounds very together because of the midrange-accent and the message gets through clearly. The denons sound like big threeways; the prominent and very slightly impure treble and the nice deep big bass stand out, making them excellent allrounders, especially with the treble toned down a little bit. I like them both and will definately keep them |
Originally Posted by sionghchan /img/forum/go_quote.gif Hmmm...I haven't being able to try IEMs with dynamic drivers, so, I cannot comment, however, here is what Future Sonics has to say: Q: Why does Future Sonics use dynamic speakers vs. armature drivers? A: Atrio Series™ products, and all of our professional earphones, price out much lower then any two/three way armature device and we offer ours with better quality of sound -- even in our universal products which will outperform any of the armatures which cannot accurately or effectively reproduce frequencies below 150Hz. Our dynamic product achieve these deeper tones naturally and without any "bass boost," or "extended bass" tricks found in some other brands.... My question then is, what makes Future Sonics dynamic drivers different? So different that no other IEM Dynamic Drivers can match? |
Originally Posted by sionghchan /img/forum/go_quote.gif However, if you notice, these companies only makes their lower end phones with dynamic drivers and the higher end phones are all armature designs. |
Originally Posted by Aevum /img/forum/go_quote.gif lately we have seen groups of dynamic driver IEM´s making it to the market challanging armature based IEM´s, the C700, the Atrio M5, were seeing that some manufacturers have decided that armature drivers might not be worth it becuase of the narrow response frequency, |
Originally Posted by PiccoloNamek /img/forum/go_quote.gif One, armature drivers do not have a narrow frequency response. It is possible for an armature to have a nearly flat response from 20 to 16kHz. Above 16kHz the response drops sharply, but it is not a disastrous effect. |
Originally Posted by IPodPJ /img/forum/go_quote.gif I think the main reason balanced armatures are utilized is to keep pretty good SQ in a small earphone. |
Originally Posted by navmau /img/forum/go_quote.gif Also, I do agree with the comment that dynamic drivers sound better at lower volumes, I found the lower freq's of BA's dropped off when the volume was low whereas the FS IEMs retain the lower end perfectly fine. |
Originally Posted by b0dhi /img/forum/go_quote.gif Various earbud/canalphone dynamics: ... Upper end armatures: ... |
Originally Posted by FrederikS|TPU /img/forum/go_quote.gif A lot of dynamic based earphones are surfacing now, I bet that Yuin will make some godly sound in-ears based on their brilliant dynamic drivers. |
Originally Posted by shigzeo /img/forum/go_quote.gif interesting guide clieOS - i wish you would have mentioned that one of the first customs however was from futuresonics who also used armatures but found the dynammic more to their liking. they also make atrio. other high quality dynammics are from kenwood, victor and denon and naturally sony. |
Originally Posted by shigzeo /img/forum/go_quote.gif the mere fact that ba don't move as much air at low volumes, no matter that they may respond to bass but we cannot hear it, the effect is that i can listen to lower volumes and be happier with the atrio for instance as it still gives me adequate bass and a tangible signal. |
Originally Posted by shigzeo /img/forum/go_quote.gif yes navmau, regarding the fs, i know we agree on many things. i am finding the victor fx500 to best the atrio at all non-bass related elements of sound however. but, isolation, comfort and smaller footprint (well, it sticks out less) makes the atrio quite a better portable solution. still though overall sound only, the victor hp-fx500 are my favourite not only armature, but favourite iem/canalphone of any price. |
Originally Posted by ClieOS /img/forum/go_quote.gif I am just curious: why compare their harmonic distortion instead of freq. response? |
Originally Posted by b0dhi /img/forum/go_quote.gif A "good" frequency response is subjective. The graphs were meant to demonstrate the objective technical superiority of dynamic drivers over balanced ones. |