b0ck3n
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I have searched the interwebz for the answer to this question but failed to satisfy my curiosity: what is the reasoning behind using 5-10 drivers per earpiece, as we see in flagship IEMs?
I'm going to start off by making a few assumptions, just to let you know that I'm not that lazy. Firstly, you use different types of drivers for different frequency ranges because they handle the different ranges with varying levels of distortion, i.e. 1 woofer/1 midrange/1 high freq driver in a 3-driver IEM. Since these three will be manufactured to handle their respective ends of the frequency range I kinda get why you want them all: to produce loud, distortion free sound. Am I also right to assume that it's easier to manipulate the frequency response of a 3-driver and crossover setup than it is to manipulate a single driver?
When you go to extremes, and we humans always do, I start wondering why because admittedly I find it fascinating and it's liable to cause me financial harm. Is the purpose of a 12-driver IEM to play extremely loud, or to be extremely customizable? Am I oversimplifying or missing something?
I'm going to start off by making a few assumptions, just to let you know that I'm not that lazy. Firstly, you use different types of drivers for different frequency ranges because they handle the different ranges with varying levels of distortion, i.e. 1 woofer/1 midrange/1 high freq driver in a 3-driver IEM. Since these three will be manufactured to handle their respective ends of the frequency range I kinda get why you want them all: to produce loud, distortion free sound. Am I also right to assume that it's easier to manipulate the frequency response of a 3-driver and crossover setup than it is to manipulate a single driver?
When you go to extremes, and we humans always do, I start wondering why because admittedly I find it fascinating and it's liable to cause me financial harm. Is the purpose of a 12-driver IEM to play extremely loud, or to be extremely customizable? Am I oversimplifying or missing something?
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