{"id":174147,"date":"2023-11-03T20:34:10","date_gmt":"2023-11-03T20:34:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.techweekmag.com\/?p=174147"},"modified":"2023-11-03T21:18:19","modified_gmt":"2023-11-03T21:18:19","slug":"heddphone-two-new-headphones-with-amt-drivers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/headphones\/heddphone-two-new-headphones-with-amt-drivers\/","title":{"rendered":"HEDDphone Two: New headphones with AMT drivers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The first generation of full-size HEDDphone\u00a0headphones\u00a0, built on\u00a0AMT (Air Motion Transformer)\u00a0emitters , turned out to be interesting, but rather bulky and heavy &#8211; the model weighed\u00a0720 grams\u00a0.\u00a0The second generation, called\u00a0HEDDphone Two,\u00a0is designed to correct the shortcomings.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_174148\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-174148\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-174148\" src=\"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/HEDDphone-Two.jpg\" alt=\"HEDDphone Two\" width=\"1000\" height=\"974\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/HEDDphone-Two.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/HEDDphone-Two-300x292.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/HEDDphone-Two-100x97.jpg 100w, https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/HEDDphone-Two-869x846.jpg 869w, https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/HEDDphone-Two-338x329.jpg 338w, https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/HEDDphone-Two-815x794.jpg 815w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-174148\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">HEDDphone Two<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>First of all, the weight of the headphones has decreased by 25%, and they now weigh\u00a0550 grams\u00a0.\u00a0The new model received a carbon fiber headband and lightweight cups with soft ear pads.\u00a0The removable cable is attached using a 3.5 mm mini-jack to one of the cups; the cable jacket is reinforced with Kevlar fibers.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/24_techweek.webp\" alt=\"Image\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The drivers used in\u00a0HEDDphone Two\u00a0were developed by the Berlin company HEDD Audio and use\u00a0VVT \u200b\u200b(Variable Velocity Transform)\u00a0technology .\u00a0It consists of creating a membrane with varying thickness and shape of folds, which allows for a wider frequency range to be reproduced.\u00a0The declared operating range extends\u00a0from 10 to 40,000 Hz\u00a0.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/25_techweek.webp\" alt=\"Image\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Taking into account the low sensitivity of\u00a089 dB\u00a0and a nominal impedance of\u00a041 Ohms\u00a0, the manufacturer recommends using specialized amplifiers with headphones with a power of at least\u00a0200 mW\u00a0, but better &#8211; from\u00a01000 mW\u00a0.<\/p>\n<p>The wired\u00a0HEDDphone Two\u00a0headphones are available for pre-order at a price of\u00a02000 euros\u00a0.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The first generation of full-size HEDDphone\u00a0headphones\u00a0, built on\u00a0AMT (Air Motion Transformer)\u00a0emitters , turned out to be interesting, but rather bulky and heavy &#8211; the model weighed\u00a0720 grams\u00a0.\u00a0The second generation, called\u00a0HEDDphone Two,\u00a0is designed to correct the shortcomings. First of all, the weight of the headphones has decreased by 25%, and they now weigh\u00a0550 grams\u00a0.\u00a0The new model [&hellip;] <a class=\"g1-link g1-link-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/headphones\/heddphone-two-new-headphones-with-amt-drivers\/\">More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10404,"featured_media":174188,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[640],"tags":[779],"class_list":{"0":"post-174147","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-headphones","8":"tag-news"},"acf":[],"amp_enabled":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/174147","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10404"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=174147"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/174147\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/174188"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=174147"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=174147"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=174147"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}