Article: HiFiMan Jade II Electrostatic Headphone System Full Review

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On 3/19/2019 at 4:59 PM, One and a half said:

@Soniswith the extension cable. I thought electrostatic hp work by having a high voltage charge between the plates, then the signal modulated on top of that voltage. Been a while but 600V was not uncommon.

 

If microphone cable is used, it’s not designed for this voltage and can easily breakdown. 

 

Unless HIFIMAN have made a low voltage version, do you know of the technique?

Electrostatic ‘phones are designed in such a way that the 580 volt DC bias is applied to the diaphragm and the audio signal is applied to the stator plates on either side of the diaphragm. The audio is not applied “on top” of the bias voltage as you envisioned.

 

And the XLRs are used to carry the audio signal from my Yggdrasil DAC to the headphone amp/energizer on the other side of the room from my equipment rack, not from the amp/energizer to the headphones.