Hi dean and all,
I was just reading Jeff's message, and a thought just hit me. I
have a sangeain short wave radio, and it came with a little reel antenna
that has an end on it that is the same as the end on the head phones. I
believe that these can be purchased at radio shack here in the U.S. I am
assuming that one of these will not hurt the BN, would they? I do not have
a BN to try this out. However this would be a real solution for the antenna
issue.
Scott
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Subject: RE: [Braillenote] Headphones
Hello All:
This question has got me curious, so I've been trying a bunch of different
headphones on my MPower QT to try and improve FM reception. I've actually
tried about 8 at this point and can honestly tell you, that its not the
quality of the headphones that makes a difference, but the length of the
cable. If any of you have gone out to your local electronics store and asked
for an FM antenna for your home stereo, then you know how cheap and cheesy
they can be. They are usually made up of about 4 to 6 feet of cable that
is, I think, about 20 gage. about half the size of an average telephone
cable.
I've strapped everything from a $3 pair of ear buds to my most expensive
($250) studio Koss headphones to my MPower and haven't noticed that much of
a difference here around my apartment in Lubbock. Believe it or not, all
that being said, the best reception I'm getting is on a pair of ear buds
from Phillips (model SBCHS320) which I think I got at Wal-Mart. They are
very similar to the ear buds that used to be issued by Humanware with the
classic BrailleNotes.
Now, the FM reception may not be much better, but you should hear how
wonderful .mp3 files sound with a really good pair of headphones on the
MPower. I don't know how they managed to get that much stereo separation
into that little box, but I'm blown away every time I listen to a piece with
good audio production.
hth
Jeff
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