# Plasma headphones? **URL:** \ **Category:** General Headphone Discussion\ **Created:** [December 18, 2020, 8:44am UTC](https://forum.headphones.com/t/plasma-headphones/9685 "2020-12-18T08:44:05Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Solan](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.headphones.com/solan/32/32834_2.png) [@Solan](https://forum.headphones.com/u/Solan)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2020, 8:44am UTC](https://forum.headphones.com/t/plasma-headphones/9685/1 "2020-12-18T08:44:05Z")
Electrostats and planar magnetics have already been ported to headphones. When will we see the first [plasma headphone](https://www.wikiwand.com/en/Plasma_speaker) set? ---
**Author:** ![tjg](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.headphones.com/tjg/32/39628_2.png) [@tjg](https://forum.headphones.com/u/tjg)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2020, 7:09pm UTC](https://forum.headphones.com/t/plasma-headphones/9685/2 "2020-12-18T19:09:31Z")
You could probably see one by putting your headphones in a microwave, but sounds dangerous! Oh - it’s a real thing for speakers ?!? ---
**Author:** ![Solan](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.headphones.com/solan/32/32834_2.png) [@Solan](https://forum.headphones.com/u/Solan)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2020, 8:51pm UTC](https://forum.headphones.com/t/plasma-headphones/9685/3 "2020-12-18T20:51:07Z")
> [@tjg](#): > > Oh - it’s a real thing for speakers ?!? YES! 😃 😍 So at some point it really _has_ to come to headphones too, doesn’t it? Effectively zero-mass drivers! ---
**Author:** ![pennstac](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.headphones.com/pennstac/32/381_2.png) [@pennstac](https://forum.headphones.com/u/pennstac)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2020, 5:48am UTC](https://forum.headphones.com/t/plasma-headphones/9685/4 "2020-12-19T05:48:11Z")
It’s an interesting concept. Wasn’t it Edison that described a telegraph as a very long dog (Dachshund) stretching from NY to California, and when you squeezed the tail in NY, you heard the dog bark in California? Then he went on to describe radio as exactly the same thing, but without the dog. Plasma speakers have been around for a long time as a curiosity, but that’s probably all they will ever be. They just can’t move much air, so forget bass. And they are power hogs for what they can do. ---
**Author:** ![tmarshl](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.headphones.com/tmarshl/32/13119_2.png) [@tmarshl](https://forum.headphones.com/u/tmarshl)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2020, 1:14pm UTC](https://forum.headphones.com/t/plasma-headphones/9685/5 "2020-12-19T13:14:29Z")
Here is an example of a plasma tweeter. I have heard it at shows, and it’s brilliance comes from the fact the that it is moving air without a diaphragm. So pure. But really expensive as well. Hard to imagine a headphone version. ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/uploads/headphones/original/3X/8/b/8b87877ca2b22992b3fd00497f3322e28e8f6136.jpeg) [Acapella Ion Tweeter](https://audiofederation.com/blog/portfolio/acapella-ion-plasma-tweeter) ---
**Author:** ![duncan4791](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.headphones.com/duncan4791/32/9332_2.png) [@duncan4791](https://forum.headphones.com/u/duncan4791)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2020, 3:53pm UTC](https://forum.headphones.com/t/plasma-headphones/9685/6 "2020-12-19T15:53:09Z")
The Acapella Ion Tweeter plugs into the mains power so not recomended for headphones. ![acapellaviolin2](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/uploads/headphones/original/3X/c/9/c99a3024bbd2d0e334f4db3bdf59353ba6e95c05.jpeg) If you don’t mind the increase of ozone next to you head then try this as a test: [Plasma Speaker Kit](https://www.imagesco.com/kits/plasma-speaker.html). ---
**Author:** ![TylersEclectic](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.headphones.com/tylerseclectic/32/8751_2.png) [@TylersEclectic](https://forum.headphones.com/u/TylersEclectic)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2020, 6:25pm UTC](https://forum.headphones.com/t/plasma-headphones/9685/7 "2020-12-19T18:25:32Z")
I mean… cool… but I’m not putting “plasma” that close to my head… just saying… seems reckless lol ---
**Author:** ![pennstac](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.headphones.com/pennstac/32/381_2.png) [@pennstac](https://forum.headphones.com/u/pennstac)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2020, 7:45pm UTC](https://forum.headphones.com/t/plasma-headphones/9685/8 "2020-12-19T19:45:07Z")
You could singe your ear-hairs right off. aw-yup! you could. ---
**Author:** ![generic](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.headphones.com/generic/32/61169_2.png) [@generic](https://forum.headphones.com/u/generic)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2020, 7:53pm UTC](https://forum.headphones.com/t/plasma-headphones/9685/9 "2020-12-19T19:53:55Z")
Well, your blood has plasma too…no plasma near your head could explain the love for purple. I’m not a doctor but I play one on the Internet. 😜 ---
**Author:** ![duncan4791](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.headphones.com/duncan4791/32/9332_2.png) [@duncan4791](https://forum.headphones.com/u/duncan4791)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2020, 8:40pm UTC](https://forum.headphones.com/t/plasma-headphones/9685/10 "2020-12-19T20:40:44Z")
It is, which is why there will never be Plasma headphones. ---
**Author:** ![TylersEclectic](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.headphones.com/tylerseclectic/32/8751_2.png) [@TylersEclectic](https://forum.headphones.com/u/TylersEclectic)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2020, 8:43pm UTC](https://forum.headphones.com/t/plasma-headphones/9685/11 "2020-12-19T20:43:04Z")
lol 😂 I was waiting for this comment 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Solan](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.headphones.com/solan/32/32834_2.png) [@Solan](https://forum.headphones.com/u/Solan)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2020, 10:48pm UTC](https://forum.headphones.com/t/plasma-headphones/9685/12 "2020-12-19T22:48:01Z")
> [@TylersEclectic](#): > > I mean… cool… but I’m not putting “plasma” that close to my head… just saying… seems reckless lol I was wondering about that. People used to have the same objections against electrostats. «I’m not putting thousands of volts right next to my head!» But it’s safe. At least from what I’ve heard, nobody’s been electrocuted by their electrostats. And many of use use shavers right on our face, and they are powered straight from the mains electricity. Not that an argument pro will settle this, but is it really unthinkable that plasma speakers could one day be made safe for earphones? ---
**Author:** ![TylersEclectic](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.headphones.com/tylerseclectic/32/8751_2.png) [@TylersEclectic](https://forum.headphones.com/u/TylersEclectic)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2020, 12:24am UTC](https://forum.headphones.com/t/plasma-headphones/9685/13 "2020-12-20T00:24:51Z")
One day… but it would have to be “worth” doing… nothing is out of the question, but currently I will refrain from putting my head between two plasma sources… 😉 ---
**Author:** ![llg98ljk](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.headphones.com/llg98ljk/32/37133_2.png) [@llg98ljk](https://forum.headphones.com/u/llg98ljk)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2020, 2:30am UTC](https://forum.headphones.com/t/plasma-headphones/9685/14 "2020-12-20T02:30:37Z")
My memory may be faulty here but I seem to remember plasma speakers needing a gas cylinder of some sort as part of the plasma creation. I guess you cold strap the cylinder to your back if you were going mobile. ---
**Author:** ![Solan](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.headphones.com/solan/32/32834_2.png) [@Solan](https://forum.headphones.com/u/Solan)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2020, 6:20am UTC](https://forum.headphones.com/t/plasma-headphones/9685/15 "2020-12-20T06:20:30Z")
If you are going to to do, it would make for the ultimate SteamPunk Cool in head-fi! Just add a pair of brass goggles, and I can see this figure with a huge gas gas cylinder and oversized open headphones with sparkling pasma in them walking about as if on a mission of the highest import! I’m not much for posing and looks in general, but **that** would be worth trying once! ---
**Author:** ![voja](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.headphones.com/voja/32/9575_2.png) [@voja](https://forum.headphones.com/u/voja)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2020, 3:11pm UTC](https://forum.headphones.com/t/plasma-headphones/9685/16 "2020-12-20T15:11:07Z")
We need Elon Musk to jump in the audiophile industry. I’m sure he can come up with something new… but he is too busy trying to get the hell away from this planet 😔 ---
**Author:** ![rrwwss52](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.headphones.com/rrwwss52/32/945_2.png) [@rrwwss52](https://forum.headphones.com/u/rrwwss52)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2020, 6:43pm UTC](https://forum.headphones.com/t/plasma-headphones/9685/17 "2020-12-20T18:43:55Z")
The first step was leaving California… ---
**Author:** ![htnut](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/bbe5ce/32.png) [@htnut](https://forum.headphones.com/u/htnut)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2022, 10:15am UTC](https://forum.headphones.com/t/plasma-headphones/9685/18 "2022-03-21T10:15:53Z")
Looks like an old thread but just to mention the Audio Reference Plasmasonic (not Plasmatronic) headphones made in the 80s which used a plasma or corona arc. Mentioned here [Commercial - Massless - plasma tweeter, ion wind, ionic and corona loudspeakers](https://massless.info/Commercial.html) and other places on that site. ---
**Author:** ![tjg](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.headphones.com/tjg/32/39628_2.png) [@tjg](https://forum.headphones.com/u/tjg)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2022, 8:09pm UTC](https://forum.headphones.com/t/plasma-headphones/9685/19 "2022-03-25T20:09:17Z")
Probably perfect for listening to the Plasmatics! > **[Lightning Breaks](https://open.spotify.com/track/2Gang4ecLjCln3fX1MZwT5?si=ba181c3c2a694e1d)** > > Plasmatics · Song · 2008 (From 1982 of course, not 2008.) ---
**Author:** ![ufospls2](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.headphones.com/ufospls2/32/1989_2.png) [@ufospls2](https://forum.headphones.com/u/ufospls2)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2022, 5:18am UTC](https://forum.headphones.com/t/plasma-headphones/9685/20 "2022-03-26T05:18:16Z")
Lansche Speakers use a plasma tweeter IIRC. > **[LANSCHE AUDIO](https://www.lansche-audio.com/en/)** > > All information on high-end speakers with plasmatweeter technology of Lansche Audio [Next page](https://forum.headphones.com/t/plasma-headphones/9685.md?page=2)