[GTALUG] ot: perhaps, headphones?

[Nicholas Krause]

On 2022-01-13 4:25 p.m., Karen Lewellen via talk wrote:
> 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
> 
Greetings Karen,
I would not find the model in the previous email. However, my two sense
are over ear can mean different things. A current pair of headphones was
stated that but it's more what Hugh was calling something else.

The other things were I normally prefer open backed as it's the only way
to not screw around with frequency issues. I've my reasons. As to
standard closed backs AKG, Sennheiser, Sony are the big good players
from memory. I'm not sure of the site design for your needs so sorry :(.
Your original pair was around 200 dollars from memory and they all
have something good in that price point to my knowledge.


As to weight normally anything under 400 grams is fine for most people.
And for impendance it should be 32 ohms or less if your not using an
actual amp.

Take care,
Nick
> 
> 
> 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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