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Possible Typo?

Not sure, but I think there is a typo in the Applications section ... but I don't know enough about this topic to feel safe doing a minor edit. The line "Therefore, professional phones are actually 1.4"" oriented and always include an adapter to 3.5 mm" ... should that read 1/4"? Or does this indicate something different?

FPS thing

Hello, I don't have any objection to FPSs, but the FPS section really stuck out like a sore thumb, so I tried putting it into the context of the 'the purpose of headphones is...' paragraph at the start. Acceptable?

Uh, why do you reject the term FPS? That's a feature of FPS games, but not all of video games. --Ypacaraí 23:47, September 2, 2005 (UTC)

I find that headphones give me a much better mental map of the world in any game with decent 3D sound, whether it's an FPS, 3rd person (eg resi 4), a driving game or whatever.

Dynamic/Electrostatic

I updated some things on the dynamic and electrostatic drivers, adding some physics into the mix. Furthermore there are "electret" headphones, if anyone knows them well, update the electrostatic section with it. Also most headphones now use neodymium drivers, not ferrite (and thus Nd magnets are not only on expensive headphones). Take the stock iPod earbuds, for example.

Headphones.

headphones are output devices for computers. they help produce sound for the computer and unlike speakers, they are not for multiple people but rather for a singular user

Missing 2nd diagram for balanced armature type

The first paragraph of the Balanced armature section currently contains a sentence beginning with “As illustrated in the second diagram [...]” but there is only one diagram. There used to be a second, very useful diagram, using this source code (between [[ ]] ):

Image:Bal Arm1.JPG|right|thumb|170px|Balanced armature transducer with armature torqued and exerting a force on diaphragm

That diagram was removed on 19 June 2014 without an explanation. It is the only edit made by that person that day. See [[1]]

I would add it back, but the article is protected. (Also without any explanation.) 74.58.147.69 (talk) 14:28, 12 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]