I've worked as a design engineer in the audio industry for quite a while... Rather than provide a list I'll just agree to disagree.
Personally I see "communications" specific headphones as a product designed to separate people from their money and in that task they are quite effective. ~BTH On Sat, 2009-08-22 at 22:21 -0400, Mike Morrow wrote: > >The filtering should be done before the audio gets to the headphones. > >A low end pair of headphones only acts to cover up flaws in receiver > >design. > > What an imaginative and creative response! You say in effect that all > those purpose-designed limited frequency response audio devices that > communcations engineers have created for many decades are completely > unnecessary if only one has a properly designed receiver. Please, give us > some > examples of such receivers which are not aided by the use of properly > designed narrow response audio devices. > > We were discussing the KX1. Is that on your list? Do you contest the benefit > of narrow response headphones here? (HINT: I have many receivers better > than the KX1, still proper frequency response limited headsets help.) > > If you have no valid list, your assertion is gratuitous. > > Aside from this <null> list, most people do not design the receiver they are > using, > nor do they choose one designed elsewhere, with the goal of obtaining one that > allows them to use entertainment quality headphones to no disadvantage, when > when something of narrower response is better. > > Here are the facts: Regardless of receiver design, even for communication > receivers > of the highest quality, it is ALWAYS very helpful to use properly designed > communications headsets, as opposed to expensive (or cheap) hi-fi > entertainment sets. > There are NO exceptions to this. > > Mike / KK5F > ______________________________________________________________ > Elecraft mailing list > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > Post: mailto:[email protected] > > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net > Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[email protected] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
