On Sun, 2005-10-02 at 08:51 -0700, Fifer wrote: > 'headphone technology and quality have come a long way in 30 years'. > The point I was trying to make was that 30 years ago, the choice of > high quality headphones was fairly limited and what was available was > fairly expensive. There is a much wider selection available now and > very good quality to be had for reasonable amounts of money.
I'll agree that the quality you can get per dollar today is much better, and there are lots more choices. Driven I think by all the walkmen, diskmen and now iPods. But the technology hasn't changed any at all that I can see. Except that there were no small, in ear systems 30 years ago. And there were no ear-bud styles earlier than about 15 or so years ago. But the drivers are still either dynamic or electrostatic. I don't know if any ribbon drivers, but ribbons are 50+ year old technology. And the electrostatic still are big and expensive and wonderful. What has changed is that the dymanic drivers are lots better at lower price points. And they are more comfortable to wear, lighter, etc. Of course, I'm not sure what technology changes have to be made to change the technology. Do new ways to manufacture a mature design count as new technology? -- Pat http://www.pfarrell.com/music/slimserver/slimsoftware.html _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
