SIST EN 60268-7:2011/A1:2021

Sound system equipment - Part 7: Headphones and earphones (IEC 60268-7:2010/A1:2020)

Elektroakustische Geräte - Teil 7: Kopfhörer und Ohrhörer (IEC 60268-7:2010/A1:2020)

Equipements pour systèmes électroacoustiques - Partie 7: Ecouteurs et oreillettes (IEC 60268-7:2010/A1:2020)

Oprema zvokovnega sistema - 7. del: Naglavne in ušesne slušalke (IEC 60268-7:2010/A1:2020)

General Information

• Status: Published
• Public Enquiry End Date: 30-Jan-2020
• Publication Date: 14-Jun-2021
• ICS: 33.160.50 - Accessories
• Technical Committee: AVM - Audio, video and multimedia systems and equipment
• Current Stage: 6060 - National Implementation/Publication (Adopted Project)
• Start Date: 12-Nov-2020
• Due Date: 17-Jan-2021
• Completion Date: 15-Jun-2021
• Ref Project: EN 60268-7:2011/A1:2020 - Sound system equipment - Part 7: Headphones and earphones

Standards Content (Sample)

SLOVENSKI STANDARD
SIST EN 60268-7:2011/A1:2021
01-julij-2021
Oprema zvokovnega sistema - 7. del: Naglavne in ušesne slušalke (IEC 60268-
7:2010/A1:2020)
Sound system equipment - Part 7: Headphones and earphones (IEC 60268-
7:2010/A1:2020)
Elektroakustische Geräte - Teil 7: Kopfhörer und Ohrhörer (IEC 60268-7:2010/A1:2020)
Equipements pour systèmes électroacoustiques - Partie 7: Ecouteurs et oreillettes (IEC
60268-7:2010/A1:2020)
Ta slovenski standard je istoveten z: EN 60268-7:2011/A1:2020
ICS:
33.160.50 Pribor Accessories
SIST EN 60268-7:2011/A1:2021 en,fr,de
2003-01.Slovenski inštitut za standardizacijo. Razmnoževanje celote ali delov tega standarda ni dovoljeno.

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EUROPEAN STANDARD EN 60268-7:2011/A1

NORME EUROPÉENNE

EUROPÄISCHE NORM
October 2020
ICS 33.160.50

English Version
Sound system equipment - Part 7: Headphones and earphones
(IEC 60268-7:2010/A1:2020)
Equipements pour systèmes électroacoustiques - Partie 7: Elektroakustische Geräte - Teil 7: Kopfhörer und Ohrhörer
Ecouteurs et oreillettes (IEC 60268-7:2010/A1:2020)
(IEC 60268-7:2010/A1:2020)
This amendment A1 modifies the European Standard EN 60268-7:2011; it was approved by CENELEC on 2020-10-20. CENELEC
members are bound to comply with the CEN/CENELEC Internal Regulations which stipulate the conditions for giving this amendment the
status of a national standard without any alteration.
Up-to-date lists and bibliographical references concerning such national standards may be obtained on application to the CEN-CENELEC
Management Centre or to any CENELEC member.
This amendment exists in three official versions (English, French, German). A version in any other language made by translation under the
responsibility of a CENELEC member into its own language and notified to the CEN-CENELEC Management Centre has the same status as
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Turkey and the United Kingdom.


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© 2020 CENELEC All rights of exploitation in any form and by any means reserved worldwide for CENELEC Members.
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SIST EN 60268-7:2011/A1:2021
EN 60268-7:2011/A1:2020 (E)
European foreword
The text of document 100/3316/CDV, future IEC 60268-7/A1, prepared by IEC/TC 100 "Audio, video
and multimedia systems and equipment" was submitted to the IEC-CENELEC parallel vote and
approved by CENELEC as EN 60268-7:2011/A1:2020.
The following dates are fixed:
• latest date by which the document has to be implemented at national (dop) 2021-07-20
level by publication of an identical national standard or by endorsement
• latest date by which the national standards conflicting with the (dow) 2023-10-20
document have to be withdrawn

Attention is drawn to the possibility that some of the elements of this document may be the subject of
patent rights. CENELEC shall not be held responsible for identifying any or all such patent rights.

Endorsement notice
The text of the International Standard IEC 60268-7:2010/A1:2020 was approved by CENELEC as a
European Standard without any modification.
In the official version, for Bibliography, the following notes have to be added for the standards
indicated:
IEC 60118-0 NOTE Harmonized as EN 60118-0
IEC 60268-3 NOTE Harmonized as EN IEC 60268-3
IEC 60268-4 NOTE Harmonized as EN IEC 60268-4
IEC 60268-5 NOTE Harmonized as EN 60268-5
IEC 60318-1 NOTE Harmonized as EN 60318-1
IEC 60318-3 NOTE Harmonized as EN 60318-3
IEC 60318-5 NOTE Harmonized as EN 60318-5
IEC 61938 NOTE Harmonized as EN IEC 61938
IEC 62368-1 NOTE Harmonized as EN IEC 62368-1
ISO 7029 NOTE Harmonized as EN ISO 7029
ISO 18233 NOTE Harmonized as EN ISO 18233


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SIST EN 60268-7:2011/A1:2021
EN 60268-7:2011/A1:2020 (E)
Annex ZA
(normative)

Normative references to international publications
with their corresponding European publications
The following documents are referred to in the text in such a way that some or all of their content
constitutes requirements of this document. For dated references, only the edition cited applies. For
undated references, the latest edition of the referenced document (including any amendments)
applies.
NOTE 1  Where an International Publication has been modified by common modifications, indicated by (mod),
the relevant EN/HD applies.
NOTE 2  Up-to-date information on the latest versions of the European Standards listed in this annex is available
here: www.cenelec.eu.
Add the following reference:
Publication Year Title EN/HD Year
IEC/TS 60318-7
-  Electroacoustics - Simulators of human - -
head and ear - Part 7: Head and torso
simulator for the measurement of air-
conduction hearing aids



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SIST EN 60268-7:2011/A1:2021
– 2 – IEC 60268-7:2010/AMD1:2020
 © IEC 2020
FOREWORD
This amendment has been prepared by technical area 20: Analogue and digital audio, of IEC
technical committee 100: Audio, video and multimedia systems and equipment
The text of this International Standard is based on the following documents:
CDV Rapport de vote
100/3316/CDV 100/3437/RVC

Full information on the voting for the approval of this amendment can be found in the report on
voting indicated in the above table.
The committee has decided that the contents of this amendment and the base publication will
remain unchanged until the stability date indicated on the IEC website under
"http://webstore.iec.ch" in the data related to the specific publication. At this date, the
publication will be
• reconfirmed,
• withdrawn,
• replaced by a revised edition, or
• amended.
_____________

INTRODUCTION to Amendment 1
This Amendment 1 contains the following significant technical changes with respect to
IEC 60268-7:2010:
• evaluation of free-field compensated frequency response has been added;
• evaluation of diffuse-field compensated frequency response has been added;
• the Bibliography has been updated;
• some normative references have been updated;
• the term "HATS" and its definition has been added.

1 Scope
In item a), replace “IEC 60065” with “IEC 62368-1”.

2 Normative references
Add the following new reference:
IEC TS 60318-7, Electroacoustics – Simulators of human head and ear – Part 7: Head and torso
simulator for the measurement of air-conduction hearing aids

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IEC 60268-7:2010/AMD1:2020 – 3 –
 IEC:2020
3 Terms and definitions
Add, after the existing term 3.16, the following new term.
3.17
head and torso simulator
HATS
simulator of a median adult human head and part of the torso extending in total from the top of
the head to the waist and designed to simulate the sound pick-up characteristics and acoustic
diffraction
Note 1 to entry: The head simulator includes two pinna simulators, and at least one occluded-ear simulator.
[SOURCE: IEC TS 60318-7:2017, 3.1, modified – The preferred term "manikin" has been
omitted.]

Add, after 8.6.6, the following new Subclauses 8.6.7, 8.6.8 and Figure 4.
8.
...

SLOVENSKI STANDARD
SIST EN 60268-7:2011/oprA1:2020
01-januar-2020
Oprema zvokovnega sistema - 7. del: Naglavne in ušesne slušalke
Sound system equipment - Part 7: Headphones and earphones
Elektroakustische Geräte - Teil 7: Kopfhörer und Ohrhörer
Equipements pour systèmes électroacoustiques - Partie 7: Ecouteurs et oreillettes
Ta slovenski standard je istoveten z: EN 60268-7:2011/prA1:2019
ICS:
33.160.50 Pribor Accessories
SIST EN 60268-7:2011/oprA1:2020 en,fr,de
2003-01.Slovenski inštitut za standardizacijo. Razmnoževanje celote ali delov tega standarda ni dovoljeno.

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SIST EN 60268-7:2011/oprA1:2020
100/3316/CDV

COMMITTEE DRAFT FOR VOTE (CDV)
PROJECT NUMBER:
IEC 60268-7/AMD1 ED3
DATE OF CIRCULATION: CLOSING DATE FOR VOTING:
2019-11-22 2020-02-14
SUPERSEDES DOCUMENTS:
100/3231/CD,100/3274/CC

IEC TA 20 : ANALOGUE AND DIGITAL AUDIO
SECRETARIAT: SECRETARY:
Japan Mr Gen Ichimura
OF INTEREST TO THE FOLLOWING COMMITTEES: PROPOSED HORIZONTAL STANDARD:


Other TC/SCs are requested to indicate their interest, if
any, in this CDV to the secretary.
FUNCTIONS CONCERNED:
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Attention IEC-CENELEC parallel voting
The attention of IEC National Committees, members of
CENELEC, is drawn to the fact that this Committee Draft
for Vote (CDV) is submitted for parallel voting.
The CENELEC members are invited to vote through the
CENELEC online voting system.

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Recipients of this document are invited to submit, with their comments, notification of any relevant patent rights of
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SIST EN 60268-7:2011/oprA1:2020
100/3316/CDV – 2 – IEC 60268-7 ed3 amd1 CDV IEC:2019
1 FOREWORD
2 This amendment has been prepared by technical area 20: Analogue and digital audio, of IEC
3 technical committee 100: Audio, video and multimedia systems and equipment
4 The text of this International Standard is based on the following documents:
FDIS Report on voting
XX/XX/FDIS XX/XX/RVD
5
6 Full information on the voting for the approval of this International Standard can be found in the
7 report on voting indicated in the above table.
8 This document has been drafted in accordance with the ISO/IEC Directives, Part 2.
9 The committee has decided that the contents of this document will remain unchanged until the
10 stability date indicated on the IEC website under "http://webstore.iec.ch" in the data related to
11 the specific document. At this date, the document will be
12 • reconfirmed,
13 • withdrawn,
14 • replaced by a revised edition, or
15 • amended.
16
17 The National Committees are requested to note that for this document the stability date
18 is 20XX.
19 THIS TEXT IS INCLUDED FOR THE INFORMATION OF THE NATIONAL COMMITTEES AND WILL BE DELETED
20 AT THE PUBLICATION STAGE.
21
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IEC stage 60268-7 ed3 amd1  IEC:2019 – 3 – 100/3316/CDV
24 INTRODUCTION to Amendment 1
25
26 This amendment 1 contains the following significant technical changes with respect to the
27 edition 3 of IEC 60268-7:
28 - Free-Field Compensated Frequency Response is added.
29 - Diffuse-Field Compensated Frequency Response is added.
30 - Bibliography is updated.
31 - Some Normative references are updated.
32 - The definition of HATS is added.
33
34 1. Scope
35 Replace “IEC 60065” with “IEC 62368-1”.
36 (IEC 60065 will soon be integrated into IEC 62368-1.)
37 2. Normative references
38 Update some existing references with new publication dates as follows:
39 IEC 60038:2009, IEC standard voltages
40 IEC 60068-1:2013, Environmental testing. - Part 1: General and guidance
41 IEC 60086-1:2015 RLV, Primary batteries. – Part 1: General
42 IEC 61672-1:2013, Electroacoustics – Sound level meters – Part 1: Specifications
43 ISO 3741:2010, Acoustics – Determination of sound power levels sound energy levels of noise
44 sources using sound pressure – Precision methods for reverberation test rooms
45 ISO 4869-1:2018, Acoustics – Hearing protectors – Part 1: Subjective method for the
46 measurement of sound attenuation
47
48 Delete the three existing references as follows;
49 IEC 60711, Occluded-ear simulator for the measurement of earphones coupled to the ear by
50 ear inserts
51 IEC TR 60959, Provisional head and torso simulator for acoustic measurements on air
52 conduction hearing aids
53 ISO 7619-1, Rubber, vulcanized or thermoplastic – Determination of indentation hardness –
54 Part 1: Durometer method (Shore hardness)

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100/3316/CDV – 4 – IEC 60268-7 ed3 amd1 CDV IEC:2019
55 Add the new three references as follows;
56 IEC 60318-4:2010, Electroacoustics – Simulators of human head and ear – Part 4:
57 Occluded-ear simulator for the measurement of earphones coupled to the ear by means of ear
58 inserts
59 IEC TS 60318-7:2017, Electroacoustics – Simulators of human head and ear – Part 7:
60 Head and torso simulator for the measurement of air-conduction hearing aids
61 ISO 48-4:2018, Rubber, vulcanized or thermoplastic – Determination of indentation hardness –
62 Part 4: Indentation hardness by Durometer method (Shore hardness)
63 3. Terms and Definitions
64 Add, after the existing subclause 3.16, the following new term.
65 3.17
66 HATS
67 head and torso simulator
68 Simulator of a median adult human head and part of the torso extending in total from the top of
69 the head to the waist and designed to simulate the sound pick-up characteristics and acoustic
70 diffraction.
71
72 Note 1 to entry: The head simulator includes two pinna simulators, and at least one occluded-ear simulator.
73 [SOURCE: IEC TS 60318-7:2017]
74
75 Add, after the existing clause 8.6.6, the following new clauses 8.6.7 and 8.6.8, before clause
76 8.7.
77 8.6.7.  Free-field compensated frequency response
78 8.6.7.1. Characteristics to be specified
79 The frequency response measured at the ear simulator of the HATS is compensated either
80 during the measurement by inverse filtering with the 0° free-field response of the HATS or by
81 subtracting (in dB) the 0° free-field frequency response of the HATS from the uncompensated
82 measured headphone response at the ear simulator of the HATS as a post-process operation.
83 8.6.7.2. Method of measurement
84  The headphone is brought under standard conditions for measurement, and a test signal
85 at the rated source voltage, is applied in series with the rated source impedance.
86  The frequency is then varied over at least the rated frequency range of the headphone
87 (see.8.6.6), and the sound pressure (level) at each frequency is noted for the right and
8
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