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  • CEI EN 60268-7 : 2012

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    SOUND SYSTEM EQUIPMENT - PART 7: HEADPHONES AND EARPHONES

    Available format(s):  Hardcopy, PDF

    Language(s):  English

    Published date:  01-01-2012

    Publisher:  Comitato Elettrotecnico Italiano

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    FOREWORD
    1 Scope
    2 Normative references
    3 Terms and definitions
    4 Classification, designation
      and coding
    5 Marking of terminals, controls
      and polarity
    6 User instructions
    7 Conditions for specifications
      and measurements
    8 Characteristics to be specified
      and their methods of measurement
    9 Classification of characteristics
    Annex A (normative) - Pinna simulators
            for measurements of headphones
            and earphones
    Annex B (normative) - Specification
            and conditions of use of a
            microphone for use inside the
            ear canal
    Annex C (informative) - Practical
            details of free-field
            comparison conditions
    Annex D (informative) - Practical
            details of diffuse-field
            comparison conditions
    Annex E (informative) - Practical
            details of the subjective
            comparison and ear canal sound
            pressure level conditions
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    Abstract - (Show below) - (Hide below)

    Pertains to headphones, headsets, earphones and earsets, intended to be used on, or in, the human ear.

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    Committee CT 100
    Development Note Classificazione CEI 100-176. (10/2012) NEW CHILD AMD 1 2021 IS NOW ADDED
    Document Type Standard
    Product Note NEW CHILD AMD 1 2021 IS NOW ADDED
    Publisher Comitato Elettrotecnico Italiano
    Status Current

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    IEC 60268-3:2013 Sound system equipment - Part 3: Amplifiers
    IEC 60068-1:2013 Environmental testing - Part 1: General and guidance
    IEC 60318-3:2014 Electroacoustics - Simulators of human head and ear - Part 3: Acoustic coupler for the calibration of supra-aural earphones used in audiometry
    IEC 60268-12:1987 Sound system equipment. Part 12: Application of connectors for broadcast and similar use
    EN 60068-1:2014 Environmental testing - Part 1: General and guidance
    IEC GUIDE 106:1996 Guide for specifying environmental conditions for equipmentperformance rating
    HD 443 : 200S1 OCCLUDED-EAR SIMULATOR FOR THE MEASUREMENT OF EARPHONES COUPLED TO THE EAR BY EAR INSERTS
    EN ISO 3741:2010 Acoustics - Determination of sound power levels and sound energy levels of noise sources using sound pressure - Precision methods for reverberation test rooms (ISO 3741:2010)
    HD 483.11 : 200S3 SOUND SYSTEM EQUIPMENT - APPLICATION OF CONNECTORS FOR THE INTERCONNECTION OF SOUND SYSTEM COMPONENTS
    ISO 4869-1:1990 Acoustics Hearing protectors Part 1: Subjective method for the measurement of sound attenuation
    IEC 60711:1981 Occluded-ear simulator for the measurement of earphones coupled to the ear by ear inserts
    EN 24869-1 : 1992 ACOUSTICS - HEARING PROTECTORS - SUBJECTIVE METHOD FOR THE MEASUREMENT OF SOUND ATTENUATION
    IEC 60050-801:1994 International Electrotechnical Vocabulary (IEV) - Part 801: Acoustics and electroacoustics
    IEC 60318-5:2006 Electroacoustics - Simulators of human head and ear - Part 5: 2 cm3 coupler for the measurement of hearing aids and earphones coupled to the ear by means of ear inserts
    EN 60268-12:1995/A2:1995 SOUND SYSTEM EQUIPMENT - APPLICATION OF CONNECTORS FOR BROADCAST AND SIMILAR USE
    IEC 60318-2:1998 Electroacoustics - Simulators of human head and ear - Part 2: An interim acoustic coupler for the calibration of audiometric earphones in the extended high-frequency range
    EN 61672-1:2013 Electroacoustics - Sound level meters - Part 1: Specifications
    EN ISO 4869-3:2007 Acoustics - Hearing protectors - Part 3: Measurement of insertion loss of ear-muff type protectors using an acoustic test fixture (ISO 4869-3:2007)
    IEC 60263:1982 Scales and sizes for plotting frequency characteristics and polar diagrams
    EN 60086-1:2015 Primary batteries - Part 1: General
    ISO 18233:2006 Acoustics Application of new measurement methods in building and room acoustics
    ISO 4869-3:2007 Acoustics — Hearing protectors — Part 3: Measurement of insertion loss of ear-muff type protectors using an acoustic test fixture
    HD 483.1 : 200S2 SOUND SYSTEM EQUIPMENT - GENERAL
    IEC 60086-1:2015 Primary batteries - Part 1: General
    IEC 60268-1:1985 Sound system equipment. Part 1: General
    ISO 3741:2010 Acoustics Determination of sound power levels and sound energy levels of noise sources using sound pressure Precision methods for reverberation test rooms
    IEC TR 60959:1990 Provisional head and torso simulator for acoustic measurements on air conduction hearing aids
    ISO 7029:2017 Acoustics — Statistical distribution of hearing thresholds related to age and gender
    IEC 60118-0:2015 Electroacoustics - Hearing aids - Part 0: Measurement of the performance characteristics of hearing aids
    HD 483.2 : 200S2 SOUND SYSTEM EQUIPMENT - EXPLANATION OF GENERAL TERMS AND CALCULATION METHODS
    IEC 60268-11:1987 Sound system equipment. Part 11: Application of connectors for the interconnection of sound system components
    IEC 60318-1:2009 Electroacoustics - Simulators of human head and ear - Part 1: Ear simulator for the measurement of supra-aural and circumaural earphones
    IEC 60268-4:2014 Sound system equipment - Part 4: Microphones
    IEC 60268-5:2003+AMD1:2007 CSV Sound system equipment - Part 5: Loudspeakers
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