Has anyone ever used a Phillips N6315 electrodynamic headphone?
The exterior design looks simple, its open air mesh and the driver with grills side looks good too. But it seems to lack the modern day designs that are accustomed to improving sound. Its simply a cylinder plastic housing, and metal mesh outside with a ridge that goes outwards.
Those horrible flat earpads which I plan to change, indicates that manufacturers did not consider dampening factors. They were trying to make an open ear speaker that is portable, "HI-QUALITY", and rather easy to mass produce.
They are barely seen on the internet. I plan to do some modding with them.
frequency range (-10dB) 20-17,000HZ
Impendance 2x16 ohm
Sensitivity 108dB at 1mW
Maximal power input 250mW
Can anyone deduce anything from the specifics and pictures?
Testimonials:
"This Philips electret headphone N6325 surprised me with its bass response--good quality, quantity & extension. It has a full-bodied & warm sound signature.
The speed, detail & high extension are not supreme, but their synergy gives a smooth, lively & enjoyable sound.
The shortfall is the small/unique soundstage."
"I have the Philips N6315 (pics are on page 84) and am/was disappointed in the sound." - Negative181
"So I have a pair of Phillips N6315s that I just dug up. I almost threw them into the trash a month ago. I tried them on my stereo system and they sounded like tin cans. I figured, "well it is old tech, what do you expect." Especially because I knew that my stereo system had unnatural bass boost, so for the Phillips to lack bass on the stereo system must mean that they just don't have any bass what so ever. So why am I confused? I just plugged the N6315s into the FiiO and they are amazing. I mean, wow. They are nice. OK ok. I need to listen to them more but the difference between the FiiO and the stereo system is night and day. So here is my question:"
Reminds me of Trio-Kh53, good concept but horrible drivers. Seriously, what is that knob for? Wonder if its hollow? If I transplant a pair of orthodynamics, maybe I'll get a flatter sound.
Consistent opinions:
A warm bodied yet unique but low fidelity sound stage, which lacks speed, refinement and airiness.
Based on the sum of sound, how would you first plan your modification for this headphone. I imagine that it would need completely different earpads first to open up the speaker side.
First to know, that there are variations that seem to use this same driver. These seem to be housed inside, and all the warmth is caused by the location of the driver to the back of the housing.
When I recieve them, the determining factor that will make them any useful for modification is the speaker surface-side. If its just a plastic with a hole for the driver, then the designers have proven why these are never made anymore. There would be no innate acoustic property, and these will be speaker-person headphones. Otherwise, I would need a 3D printer. Or I can use Pringle chips lid as the earpad adapter.
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Something vintage headphone designers couldn't do was to just position the drivers in a calculated manner.
The exterior design looks simple, its open air mesh and the driver with grills side looks good too. But it seems to lack the modern day designs that are accustomed to improving sound. Its simply a cylinder plastic housing, and metal mesh outside with a ridge that goes outwards.
Those horrible flat earpads which I plan to change, indicates that manufacturers did not consider dampening factors. They were trying to make an open ear speaker that is portable, "HI-QUALITY", and rather easy to mass produce.
They are barely seen on the internet. I plan to do some modding with them.
frequency range (-10dB) 20-17,000HZ
Impendance 2x16 ohm
Sensitivity 108dB at 1mW
Maximal power input 250mW
Can anyone deduce anything from the specifics and pictures?
Testimonials:
"This Philips electret headphone N6325 surprised me with its bass response--good quality, quantity & extension. It has a full-bodied & warm sound signature.
The speed, detail & high extension are not supreme, but their synergy gives a smooth, lively & enjoyable sound.
The shortfall is the small/unique soundstage."
"I have the Philips N6315 (pics are on page 84) and am/was disappointed in the sound." - Negative181
"So I have a pair of Phillips N6315s that I just dug up. I almost threw them into the trash a month ago. I tried them on my stereo system and they sounded like tin cans. I figured, "well it is old tech, what do you expect." Especially because I knew that my stereo system had unnatural bass boost, so for the Phillips to lack bass on the stereo system must mean that they just don't have any bass what so ever. So why am I confused? I just plugged the N6315s into the FiiO and they are amazing. I mean, wow. They are nice. OK ok. I need to listen to them more but the difference between the FiiO and the stereo system is night and day. So here is my question:"
Reminds me of Trio-Kh53, good concept but horrible drivers. Seriously, what is that knob for? Wonder if its hollow? If I transplant a pair of orthodynamics, maybe I'll get a flatter sound.
Consistent opinions:
A warm bodied yet unique but low fidelity sound stage, which lacks speed, refinement and airiness.
Based on the sum of sound, how would you first plan your modification for this headphone. I imagine that it would need completely different earpads first to open up the speaker side.
First to know, that there are variations that seem to use this same driver. These seem to be housed inside, and all the warmth is caused by the location of the driver to the back of the housing.
When I recieve them, the determining factor that will make them any useful for modification is the speaker surface-side. If its just a plastic with a hole for the driver, then the designers have proven why these are never made anymore. There would be no innate acoustic property, and these will be speaker-person headphones. Otherwise, I would need a 3D printer. Or I can use Pringle chips lid as the earpad adapter.
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Something vintage headphone designers couldn't do was to just position the drivers in a calculated manner.
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