| From: Karen Lewellen via talk <talk@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. --- Post to this mailing list talk@gtalug.org Unsubscribe from this mailing list https://gtalug.org/mailman/listinfo/talk