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 <[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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