Milosz Posted May 7, 2012 Report Posted May 7, 2012 (edited) The advantage to the owner of wooden headphones is that they can look nice. In some instances REALLY REALLY nice. The advantage to the builder is that shaping a headphone cup or driver support ring out of wood doesn't require the tooling that carving one out of aluminum would, and doesn't require the really expensive dies that making them from plastic or die-cast alloy requires. Look at Audeze- to tool up for plastic molding dies for their 'phones would probably have been so costly they wouldn't have been do-able, but using wood worked out well for them. Wood also has some self-damping qualities, it tends not to ring. That's a good thing. Many plastics can be found that also damp nicely. Metal can be damped depending on what you glue or bolt to it. So, while wood is not unique in being OK in terms of damping, it is among the materials that can suitable for earcup fabrication because it generally won't ring like a bell the way some materials might. For example, a thin steel stamping might not be the best earcup... or a glass dome...ring like bells, they would. By the way I am introducing to the market a new WOODEN CABLE for the HD800...... Edited May 7, 2012 by Milosz Quote
emelius Posted May 7, 2012 Report Posted May 7, 2012 wooden cable being another of my favorite new euphemisms... Quote
Wmcmanus Posted May 7, 2012 Report Posted May 7, 2012 By the way I am introducing to the market a new WOODEN CABLE for the HD800...... Just guessing you may have some conductivity issues. Might want to stick with wire. Quote
RudeWolf Posted May 7, 2012 Report Posted May 7, 2012 Maybe he's using ironwood! A bit stiff tho, nonetheless. Quote
wink Posted May 7, 2012 Report Posted May 7, 2012 (edited) I bet they would sound wooden too. Or, maybe, the just wooden work. Edited May 7, 2012 by wink Quote
swt61 Posted May 7, 2012 Report Posted May 7, 2012 ^ I know you're relatively new here, but I usually take care of the bad puns around here. Quote
Kirosia Posted May 17, 2012 Report Posted May 17, 2012 Cups extend further out as user fibs. Not always comfortable for people sitting nearby, just try not to embellish the virtues of your god-gifted physical appendages to the cute redhead in the bus seat across too much. Quote
roadtonowhere08 Posted May 17, 2012 Report Posted May 17, 2012 Late to the party + trying too hard = Quote
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