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  • EN 60268-7:2011

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    Sound system equipment - Part 7: Headphones and earphones

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    Withdrawn date:  02-01-2014

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    Published date:  18-03-2011

    Publisher:  European Committee for Standards - Electrical

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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
    Bibliography
    Annex ZA (normative) - Normative references to international
             publications with their corresponding European
             publications

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    IEC 60268-7:2010(E), is applicable to headphones, headsets, earphones and earsets, intended to be used on, or in, the human ear. It also applies to equipment, such as pre-amplifiers, passive networks and power supplies which form an integral part of the headphone system. It specifies the characteristics which should be included by the manufacturer in specifications, and relevant methods of measurement. It includes a classification of the different types of earphone, mainly characterized by the way in which the transducer is coupled acoustically to the ear, and a classification code which may also be used for marking. cancels and replaces the second edition published in 1996, and constitutes a technical revision. This edition contains the following changes: - clause/subclause renumbering in accordance with ISO/IEC Directives, Part 2; - addition of a measurement system using HATS; - addition of details on pinna simulators for high measurement reproducibility, see Annex A.

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    Committee CLC/TC 100X
    Document Type Standard
    Publisher European Committee for Standards - Electrical
    Status Withdrawn
    Superseded By

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    EN IEC 61938:2018 Multimedia systems - Guide to the recommended characteristics of analogue interfaces to achieve interoperability
    EN 50332-2:2013 Sound system equipment: Headphones and earphones associated with personal music players - Maximum sound pressure level measurement methodology - Part 2: Matching of sets with headphones if either or both are offered separately, or are offered as one package equipment but with standardised connectors between the two allowing to combine components of different manufacturers or different design
    13/30281665 DC : 0 BS EN 50332-2 - SOUND SYSTEM EQUIPMENT: HEADPHONES AND EARPHONES ASSOCIATED WITH PORTABLE AUDIO EQUIPMENT - MAXIMUM SOUND PRESSURE LEVEL MEASUREMENT METHODOLOGY AND LIMIT CONSIDERATIONS - PART 2: MATCHING OF SETS WITH HEADPHONES IF EITHER OR BOTH ARE OFFERED SEPARATELY
    I.S. EN 61842:2002 MICROPHONES AND EARPHONES FOR SPEECH COMMUNICATIONS
    PREN 50332-2 : DRAFT 2013 SOUND SYSTEM EQUIPMENT: HEADPHONES AND EARPHONES ASSOCIATED WITH PORTABLE AUDIO EQUIPMENT - MAXIMUM SOUND PRESSURE LEVEL MEASUREMENT METHODOLOGY AND LIMIT CONSIDERATIONS - PART 2: MATCHING OF SETS WITH HEADPHONES IF EITHER OR BOTH ARE OFFERED SEPARATELY
    BS EN 50332-1:2013 Sound system equipment: Headphones and earphones associated with personal music players. Maximum sound pressure level measurement methodology General method for \'one package equipment\'
    BS EN 61842:2002 Microphones and earphones for speech communications
    UNE-EN 61938:2014 Multimedia systems - Guide to the recommended characteristics of analogue interfaces to achieve interoperability
    13/30281662 DC : 0 BS EN 50332-1 - SOUND SYSTEM EQUIPMENT: HEADPHONES AND EARPHONES ASSOCIATED WITH PORTABLE AUDIO EQUIPMENT - MAXIMUM SOUND PRESSURE LEVEL MEASUREMENT METHODOLOGY AND LIMIT CONSIDERATIONS - PART 1: GENERAL METHOD FOR "ONE PACKAGE EQUIPMENT"
    PREN 50332-1 : DRAFT 2013 SOUND SYSTEM EQUIPMENT: HEADPHONES AND EARPHONES ASSOCIATED WITH PORTABLE AUDIO EQUIPMENT - MAXIMUM SOUND PRESSURE LEVEL MEASUREMENT METHODOLOGY AND LIMIT CONSIDERATIONS - PART 1: GENERAL METHOD FOR "ONE PACKAGE EQUIPMENT"
    I.S. EN 60645-1:2017 ELECTROACOUSTICS - AUDIOMETRIC EQUIPMENT - PART 1: EQUIPMENT FOR PURE-TONE AND SPEECH AUDIOMETRY
    I.S. EN 50332-1:2013 SOUND SYSTEM EQUIPMENT: HEADPHONES AND EARPHONES ASSOCIATED WITH PERSONAL MUSIC PLAYERS - MAXIMUM SOUND PRESSURE LEVEL MEASUREMENT METHODOLOGY - PART 1: GENERAL METHOD FOR ONE PACKAGE EQUIPMENT
    CEI EN 61842 : 2002 MICROPHONES AND EARPHONES FOR SPEECH COMMUNICATIONS
    BS EN 60645-1:2017 Electroacoustics. Audiometric equipment Equipment for pure-tone and speech audiometry
    BS EN 50332-2:2013 Sound system equipment: Headphones and earphones associated with personal music players. Maximum sound pressure level measurement methodology Matching of sets with headphones if either or both are offered separately, or are offered as one package equipment but with standardised connectors between the two allowing to combine components of different manufacturers or different design
    CEI EN 61938 : 2014 MULTIMEDIA SYSTEMS - GUIDE TO THE RECOMMENDED CHARACTERISTICS OF ANALOGUE INTERFACES TO ACHIEVE INTEROPERABILITY
    I.S. EN IEC 61938:2018 MULTIMEDIA SYSTEMS - GUIDE TO THE RECOMMENDED CHARACTERISTICS OF ANALOGUE INTERFACES TO ACHIEVE INTEROPERABILITY
    IEC 61842:2002 Microphones and earphones for speech communications
    BS EN 61938:2013 Multimedia systems. Guide to the recommended characteristics of analogue interfaces to achieve interoperability
    I.S. EN 50332-2:2013 SOUND SYSTEM EQUIPMENT: HEADPHONES AND EARPHONES ASSOCIATED WITH PERSONAL MUSIC PLAYERS - MAXIMUM SOUND PRESSURE LEVEL MEASUREMENT METHODOLOGY - PART 2: MATCHING OF SETS WITH HEADPHONES IF EITHER OR BOTH ARE OFFERED SEPARATELY, OR ARE OFFERED AS ONE PACKAGE EQUIPMENT BUT WITH STANDARDISED CONNECTORS BETWEEN THE TWO ALLOWING TO COMBINE COMPONENTS OF DIFFERENT MANUFACTURERS
    I.S. EN 61938:2013 MULTIMEDIA SYSTEMS - GUIDE TO THE RECOMMENDED CHARACTERISTICS OF ANALOGUE INTERFACES TO ACHIEVE INTEROPERABILITY (IEC 61938:2013 (EQV))
    EN 50332-1:2013 Sound system equipment: Headphones and earphones associated with personal music players - Maximum sound pressure level measurement methodology - Part 1: General method for "one package equipment"
    EN 61842:2002 Microphones and earphones for speech communications
    EN 60645-1:2017 Electroacoustics - Audiometric equipment - Part 1: Equipment for pure-tone and speech audiometry

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    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
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    IEC 60050-801:1994 International Electrotechnical Vocabulary (IEV) - Part 801: Acoustics and electroacoustics
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    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
    IEC 61938:2013 Multimedia systems - Guide to the recommended characteristics of analogue interfaces to achieve interoperability
    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
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    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
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