2 Unit Headphones

[Mr Kipling]

Hi,

Anyone had experience of headphones using LF & HF drivers? No one here with Audio Technica AT-H7s?

Kind Regards

[technobear]

No and can't understand why anyone would want a two-way or any other multi-way headphone.

Why place a crossover circuit (aka: evil destroyer of timing and coherence) in the way of your music when a single driver is perfectly capable of spanning the full audible range with outstanding sound quality?

Nuts if you ask me

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Yes, I know... you weren't asking me

Still think it's nuts though

[Mr Kipling]

I only asked! The idea seemed a bit unusual to me - which is why I asked the question. I would imagine the crossover to be pretty rudimentary.

Kind Regardr,
Stephen

[technobear]

Multi-driver setups are quite common in higher end in-ear monitors now. These mainly use balanced armature drivers rather than dynamic or orthodynamic (planar magnetic).

You aroused my interest so I looked up the ATH-7. It appears to be an electret headphone from 1979 and I can find little more than that. Is this the one or are you meaning something different?

[Mr Kipling]

The two questions are separate. I was curious about more than one driver being used in a design from the 70s and was wondering if it was common practise then. I have a pair of AT-H7s which as you rightly say are electret. I would like some help with regards the transformer box, but I've drawn a blank here.

Kind Regards,
Stephen

[technobear]

The ATH 7 gets a few mentions on HeadFi - http://www.head-fi.org/f/ - but nothing helpful.

[daytona600]

mine have 2 drivers full range with a supertweeter
some hi-end in ear monitors have several

[goraman]

The Superex St pro was the first to do this, the best ever made was the ST pro B and they are fantastic, sound stage is unreal to.
Most single driver unites lack very low end bass and most headphones have so meny dips and rises in the response a xover is the least of there problems.