It's easy to plug your headphones (and other devices) into their proper jacks or ports and have them work... until it's not. Learning how headphone jacks and plugs work electrically will help...
Category: Headphones
As we may know, headphones convert audio signals into sound waves that we can listen to. Without a proper driver, headphones would not be able to function. What is a headphone driver? A driver is...
We often take wired headphones for granted: plug them in, and voila, we have sound. As an audio engineer, I find it fascinating to understand exactly how audio is carried through headphone cables....
Over-the-ear headphones come in two distinct types: open-back and close-back. Depending on the naturalness of sound and the level of isolation, we may choose one over the other. What are open-back...
If you've been searching the web or looking around your local shop for headphones, you've likely heard about active noise-cancelling (ANC) headphones and perhaps about the lesser-marketed passive...
The term "headphones" applies to a great variety of audio-to-sound transducers. A major difference in headphone types is between earbuds and regular headphones. Before we begin, it's critical to...