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Anybody have any ideas on how long different headphone technologies last? Like Planar Magnetic, Electrostatic, etc?
For dynamics and planars, I agree. But have no experience with ESLs and heard here and there that they are more prone to failure due to high voltages involved. Any truth in that?I think the only part of a headphone I haven't experienced failing on me over time is the drivers.
All of these basic technologies tend to be very reliable.Like Planar Magnetic, Electrostatic, etc?
A long time ago I once had a Jecklin Float ESL. I consider the original version of the JJ Float to be an ingenious design. At the time it came onto the market, its design looked downright futuristic and caused quite a stir in the hi-fi scene. But it only lasted about 10 years, then it was virtually worn out and no longer sounded good.For dynamics and planars, I agree. But have no experience with ESLs and heard here and there that they are more prone to failure due to high voltages involved. Any truth in that?
For dynamics and planars, I agree. But have no experience with ESLs and heard here and there that they are more prone to failure due to high voltages involved. Any truth in that?
Well if course it does that's not even a decade old.Unless you drop them or drive them too hard, they should last many years. The LCD-XC I bought in 2014 still works fine. The only thing I had to change were the earpads last year, and the cable which started to have an intermittent contact at the junction with the 6.3mm connector (faulty design IMO).
Electret is usually really poor.Anybody have any ideas on how long different headphone technologies last? Like Planar Magnetic, Electrostatic, etc?
Unfortunately the cutoff is 50Is 40 years long enough?
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Performance vs reliability/serviceability
Great thread. I think brands which give great reliability and serviceability deserve attention for that. Sennheiser. My favorite headphone was a set of HD545 (I think that was the number). They lasted twenty or thirty years. Comfortable, and I was used to the sound. I went through four or...www.audiosciencereview.com
I would say even more than that!There are some mods around but i don't touch them.Unfortunately the cutoff is 50