corElement
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Graphene audio speaker performance: best material available | BGR
What is Graphene?
- Graphene is possibly the future replacement for silicone
- Its a two-dimensional material that measures just one atom thick
- Has a breaking strength 300 times greater than steel.
- In an earphone with almost no specialized acoustic design, performs comparably to a high quality commercial one.
- Instead of being artificially damped, the graphene diaphragm can damped by air itself.
- In the future it will be possible to have graphene printers at home to print graphene circuitry and immediately upgrade a component in a device or build a device component from scratch.
Crafting a perfectly balanced speaker diaphragm is what a lot of companies dump a large chunk of money into.
Right now it's still a very small research area and even when it reaches the size of an electrostatic loudspeaker diaphragm similar to martin logan or Magnepan, I doubt graphene will impress audiophiles who prefer selective types of sound.
Much like how error correcting class D amps are not accepted within high end circles simply because there are far more expensive alternative mainstream analog solid state / tube amplifiers that "supposedly" sound better (Which in my opinion is subjective preference based on various factors)
However if it is mass marketed in the near future (Good chances it will be) It will bring considerably higher quality sound for a much cheaper price on mainstream devices. Really cool stuff on the horizon for audio with cutting edge progression in technology. Don't be afraid to look at change.
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