#dynamic driver

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Have you been searching for a great quality headphone? Do you find it hard to choose? This is because there are so many styles and brands and when you search you will notice that most of the attention goes to the drive. Why is that? What is a driver? Why is it so important?

The driver is one of the most essential parts of the headphones. It has a very important role; it is the one that converts the electrical signals into the sound you hear. You can think of it as it is a very small loudspeaker over your ear. The unit is made of a cone-like diaphragm, voice coils, and magnets. You can find it in different sizes, like 8mm-15mm driver for earbuds and about 20mm-50mm driver for headphones.

So, it is simple, no driver no sound, basically the headphones will become useless without it.

Most Common Drivers

 While there are few different types of drivers, two of them are widely used for headphones. They are Dynamic (moving coil) and Planar magnetic drivers. Doesn’t a driver have one job, to convert the signals into sound? Then why there are different types?

1. Dynamic (Moving Coil) Driver

This is one of the most common type, and maybe the only one because of the price tag.  This driver is the cheapest option. In order to create the sound, this driver uses physics of electromagnetism and magnetism. Dynamic driver is constructed of 3 parts:

A diaphragm

Voice coil

A neodymium magnet

Pros

You will get a great bass without using excessive power

It is a good and yet cheaper option

Cons

When at higher volume the dynamic driver is prone to audio distortion

2. Planar Magnetic Driver

Also known as orthodynamic, this driver is part of the headphones which goes over the ear and it has open-back. It is extremely thin and is placed in the high-end headphone.

This driver works on a similar principle as the dynamic one; which means, it uses magnetic fields in order to produce sounds. While the voice coil moves in the dynamic, the planer’s diaphragm (a thin and flat film) is affected directly by a magnetic field and then it produces sound. This allows better range and precision.

Pros

Excellent quality and a lot less sound distortion

Great Bass Response

Cons

You will need a headphone amplifier

Heavier and larger

Expensive

Planar headphone vs. dynamic driver. Which one do you prefer more? It all depends on what do you need and on your budget of course.

The headphone with Planar Driver is durable and produces excellent sound quality without audio distortion, but still, they are heavier, expensive and consume a lot more power. This makes them a better option if you use them for listening or even creating music, but still, don’t forget that you have to be prepared to pay more for them.

Introduction

The promise of the hybrid earphone is to offer a best of “both worlds” solution between the two most common types of earphone transducers, dynamic (moving coil) drivers and balanced armatures, offering the clarity and precision of balanced…