We use headphones all the time to listen to MP3s and DVDs, play musical instruments, and more. But how exactly do they work?
Essentially, headphones are a pair of transducers that receive electrical signals from some sort of media player or receiver. The headphones speakers convert these signals to sound waves that your ears can then hear. Based on this description, you may immediately think of how telephones and radios function. And indeed, headphones preceded both of these inventions.
There are four basic types of headphones: circumaural, supra-aural, earbuds/earphones, and canalphones. The differences between them are mostly visible they vary in size and style. A lot of people these days are concerned only on the looks and style of the heaphone…I feel thats a bad thing. You should be more concerned about the quality and durability of the headphones you are purchasing, rather than worry how you are going to look with them on your head. Would you rather have a great listening experience that will last a long time, or would you rather look better and have a bad listening experience?
However, studies have shown that using headphones at a high volume...