[GTALUG] ot: perhaps, headphones?

[Karen Lewellen]

Hi there,
Fine and interesting list.
To be sure, the idea of noise cancellation, or any variation's is a no, not 
just because of the  sense of position, but because I have something 
talking in my ears when I use them in this particular setting..no phone 
ringing, door bells, or the all important music  playing  in the 
background.
As I have been a radio producer, and professional singer for many many 
years, over the ear headphones are the most comfortable, speaking 
personally.
I  truly dislike earbuds, they tend not to stay in my ears, to put 
pressure on my ear canal etc...and the buttons are a no, mic interferes 
with  the machine.
The most important thing, for this particular set of headphones though is
A combination of frequency range, sensitivity, impedance, and driver 
units...oh and input power.
a few settings in the wrong direction, and the headphones will make me 
dizzy..literary.
And those numbers can be device specific, what I will use for my reading 
edge, differs for what I use for production, or music listening, or 
whatever.
It is part of why once found I may buy more than one pair.
Cannot fault you for using the same ones  since the 80's. Had a set once I 
got from radio shack that I used for  more than a decade as well.
Goodness but I miss radio shack.
Kare



On Thu, 13 Jan 2022, D. Hugh Redelmeier via talk wrote:

> | From: Karen Lewellen via talk <talk at gtalug.org>
>
> | If you desire a visual idea then perhaps google jvc ha-s44x.
>
> Thanks.
>
> From past discussions, I know your shopping technique isn't like mine.
> But I'll mention my considerations on the off chance you might find them
> useful.
>
>
> Most wired headphones are electrically / electronically
> interchangeable.  Of course that's a good thing.  It also means that there
> are a lot to choose from.
>
> There are lots of issues of sound reproduction quality, but to be
> honest, all should have sound quality that is good enough for a reader
> (as I understand it).
>
> I would imagine that the main issues are comfort -- a very individual
> thing.  Oh, and durability -- not something in the specs!
>
> Here's what I glean from the specs of your old headphones:
>
> - closed (i.e. they try to block sound from your environment)
>
> - over-ear [I find such headphones uncomfortable fairly quickly]
>
> - 5.57 ounces
>
> - button controls (what do they control?)
>
> - 1.2 m cable [the units are unspecified but 1.2 ft would be very short]
>
> Do you use the buttons?  What for?
>
> I think "over-ear" means that these clamp on your ear as opposed to
> clamping on your head around the ear ("circumaural").  I find over-ear
> very uncomfortable after a few minutes but I seem to be in a minority.
>
> Do you really want to have sound isolation from the room ("closed")?
> I imagine "situational awareness" would be useful.
>
> Out of habit, I use ancient Sennheiser HD430 phones.  They are
> circumaural, light, open [i.e. I can hear things going on in the
> room], good enough sound.  They have replaceable cables and ear pads
> (but now hard to find).  Out of production since 1986.  I find that
> even these get uncomfortable after a while.
>
> My current favourite is ear-buds.  The ones with a selection of soft
> tips, not the hard ones.  You can get decent inexpensive ones from China.
> I have, for example:
>  https://www.aliexpress.com/item/1005002184896879.html
> Currently C$16.84 without microphone.  I paid less.
> There are many other brands that are likely fine.
> There is an enthusiastic following for "Chi-fi".
>
> TWS (true wireless stereo) headphones are amazingly convenient if you have
> Bluetooth.  But you don't.  There are a lot of adapters to convert analog
> to Bluetooth but I don't have any experience with them.
>
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