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 <[email protected]>
| 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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