AIAIAI TMA-2 Studio XE Closed Back Over Ear Headphones

The AIAIAI TMA-2 Studio XE is a Closed Back Over Ear Headphones with highly detailed audio and high isolation for a dynamic creative process. This is a headphone for the dynamic music maker being creative in a dynamic and flexible environment. Highly detailed audio from the signature bio-diaphragm driver ensures precise and reliable audio for your creative process. The lightweight design, great comfort and isolation from the soft and closed ear cushions covered in vegan leather results in a perfect fit for the modern-day music makers.

The Bio-Cellulose Diaphragm

The bio-cellulose speaker diaphragm in S05 is made of a bacterial cellulose, an organic compound grown using certain types of bacteria. Bio-cellulose is an interesting material for many reasons; it’s renewable, biodegradable, and great acoustic properties. If you look closely at the diaphragm you'll see a structure of fine fibres. These fibres construct a very stiff but lightweight material making it ideal for a speaker diaphragm.

How It Affects Sound

The diaphragm of a theoretically perfect speaker will move like a piston. Moving back and forth without tilting or wobbling or changing shape. This can be achieved by making the diaphragm material as stiff as possible. If the diaphragm material is too flexible, it will sympathetically resonate at frequencies harmonic to the frequency of the sound we are trying to reproduce. This resonating motion must be avoided because it causes harmonic distortion. There are plenty of very stiff materials, but we also need consider the weight of the material.

Harmonic Distortion

In short, harmonic distortion is unwanted energy at the harmonics of the sound we are trying to reproduce. The harmonics of a sound is the whole number multiples of the frequencies contained in the sound wave. So if we are trying to play a pure sine tone with a frequency of 200Hz we may also hear energy at 400Hz, 600Hz, 800Hz, and so on.

The Role It Plays When Listening To Music

If music is played through a poorly designed headphone that produce a high level of harmonic distortion, it will sound wrong and unnatural. This is because the harmonic distortion changes how we perceive the timbre and tonality of the sound, which is obviously problematic when producing music or mixing a track. The bio-cellulose diaphragm on the other hand is able to reproduce the music faithfully with great clarity, even at high volume levels. 

Product Specifications:

Earpiece Design: Over-Ear (Circumaural

Earpiece Swivel: No

Foldable: No

Driver Type: Dynamic

Driver Size: 1.6" / 40 mm

Diaphragm: Bio-Cellulose

Magnet Type: Neodymium

Impedance: 32 Ohms

Active Noise Cancellation: No

Frequency Response: 10 Hz to 40 kHz

Resonant Frequency: 80 Hz

Color: Black

Dimensions: 0.9 x 0.3 x 0.8" / 23.5 x 8.5 x 20.5 mm

Weight: 19 oz / 540 g