Headphones was taken, so I stayed with MrSpeakers.” Years ago, Clark designed the Platinum Audio Reference Series 2 speakers, which I remember liking a lot, as well as a number of subwoofers for other companies. I started it when I was designing speakers for a number of companies, and Mr. He said, “I’ve used the MrSpeakers name for 20 years. MrSpeakers is an odd moniker for a headphone company, so I asked Clark to explain. The 70-inch-long cables are user replaceable. The thick, leather-covered ear cushions are nice and soft, and they do a great job sealing out external noise. My samples’ brilliant red cups’ finish is on par with what I’ve seen from ultra-high-end Japanese headphones (metallic gloss black cups are also available).

After the ear cups are printed, they’re chemically polished, hand sanded, sealed, primed, and finished with automotive-grade paint. He took the next step and bought enough 3D printers to keep quality control in-house. But as MrSpeakers owner Dan Clark revised and refined the design, he realized it would be more cost effective to 3D-print his production headphones’ double-walled ear cups and added an intricate lattice to the printing process to increase the ear cups’ rigidity. While MrSpeakers’ Alpha Dog may be the first high-end headphone to fully exploit 3D printing technology, the original intention was to speed the development process, and then make injection-molded plastic ear cups.

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