• DarraghDaraDaire@alien.topB
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    1 year ago

    MEMS are miniaturised machines which use the production technologies of silicon chips to make mechanical systems at a micrometer scale. Instead of using a saw or press to cut pieces out of metal, you use photolithography to make them out of silicon, and make them extremely small.

    Driver = loudspeaker

    A MEMS driver is a loudspeaker which is made at a micrometer scale. They can work really well in very specific environments, but earbuds are not always (maybe never) used in exactly this perfect environment and so it’s risky to use MEMS drivers because placing the earbuds slightly wrong in your ear will make them sound awful.

    Creative is taking a risk with this product, which bigger manufacturers will not take until at least several generations of MEMS driver have passed.