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Balanced headphones: what they are and should you want them?

Stephen Dawson
Over the past few years, balanced headphones have become a thing. Lots of higher end digital audio players and headphone amplifiers now provide out...
Focal Clear MG headphones use dynamic drivers

Headphone tech explainer – the machines behind the sound

Stephen Dawson
So, you’re looking at headphones and somewhere in the specifications or description the type of driver employed is mentioned. It might be a dynamic...
6.35mm home theatre receiver headphone output

Why most headphone outputs deliver inaccurate sound and what to do about it

Stephen Dawson
There's a very good chance that the headphone output on your amplifier is colouring the sound that it is delivering to your headphones. See why and what to do about it.