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Weights of various headphones
« on: December 08, 2011, 05:43:16 AM »
Weights of various headphones

Using proprietary measurement methods and equipment I developed when I was interning at NASA's Ames Research center in the 80s. Includes simulated downward force of cables. (LOL, I actually weight part - but not all - of the cable to simulate their weight hanging down.)

08.4oz  Sennheiser HD558
10.3oz  Fischer FA-011
11.0oz  Sennheiser HD700
13.2oz  Audio Technica W3000ANV (with wings!)
14.3oz  Beyer T1
14.5oz  Sennheiser HD800 (they implement anti-grav technology to make it seem lighter)
19.6oz  Audeze LCD2r2



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Re: Weights of various headphones
« Reply #1 on: December 08, 2011, 06:08:54 AM »
Dude....come on.....

Where is my engineering contribution in figuring out how to exactly simulate the downward force of those cables? As you know...there was a lot of math and testing involved before we agreed which method was better. A lot of those theories and problems came directly from my acoustic research with skunkworks.

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Re: Weights of various headphones
« Reply #2 on: December 08, 2011, 06:12:23 AM »
Your methods were not validated by a Macedonian Hero's Sigma 6 process for consistency and reliability.
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Re: Weights of various headphones
« Reply #3 on: December 08, 2011, 03:03:59 PM »
Quote from: purrin on December 08, 2011, 06:12:23 AM
Your methods were not validated by a Macedonian Hero's Sigma 6 process for consistency and reliability.

Neither were yours!....Wait....isn't that a good thing? :P
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Re: Weights of various headphones
« Reply #4 on: February 03, 2012, 06:38:34 AM »
Tbh, this is an interesting yet useless metric.  Both interesting and useless because it presents an incomplete picture.  What needs to TBD is the PSI or more accurately OSI (ounces per square inch or grams per centimeter) as distributed along the band and relevant support pieces.  Likely the source for the HD800 and Paradox anti grav abilities.  You could go further to calculate the polar moment of inertia in a Z-axis should you often go running w/ the HD800.  I know I do.  While thinking of rythmdevil's GF.
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Re: Weights of various headphones
« Reply #5 on: September 28, 2012, 05:27:41 PM »
I agree. This should be measured on the dummy head, so the force at the contact area over the ears and the head is determined. However to determine comfort, we'd need to know skin specific pressure sensitivity at the contact areas...  walk the plank 2  ;)
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Re: Weights of various headphones
« Reply #6 on: January 17, 2013, 04:25:15 PM »
The dummy head will need to wear wigs of differing lengths.
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Re: Weights of various headphones
« Reply #7 on: January 18, 2013, 02:51:22 AM »
 :)p2 I'll pitch in for a cadaver.  And I'm sure we could get a deal on it too as we'll only be buying the head which cuts down on the total organ cost.  :)p1


I'm interested in the current setup.  purrin, would you take a picture of a pair of cans sitting on the head and post it up?
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Re: Weights of various headphones
« Reply #8 on: March 30, 2013, 04:24:06 PM »
So , I guess if you don't have a "WWE" neck you should probably think about using a neck brace if you're going to use your LCD2's for long sessions.

I know the HiFiman HE-6 have to be up there in weight. (I should try the neck brace idea w/ them, I guess. Nah !!!, Fang(sp?) really needs to address this)
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Re: Weights of various headphones
« Reply #9 on: June 21, 2013, 07:16:04 PM »
238g  Sennheiser HD558
292g  Fischer FA-011
312g  Sennheiser HD700
374g  Audio Technica W3000ANV (with wings!)
405g  Beyer T1
411g  Sennheiser HD800 (they implement anti-grav technology to make it seem lighter)
556g  Audeze LCD2r2

There, I fixed it for you!
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