Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/5/84; site omen.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!mhuxr!mhuxt!houxm!mtuxo!mtunh!mtung!mtunf!ariel!vax135!cornell!uw-beaver!tektronix!reed!omen!caf From: caf@omen.UUCP (Chuck Forsberg WA7KGX) Newsgroups: net.audio Subject: Re: Digital Ready Headphones Needed! Message-ID: <188@omen.UUCP> Date: Sat, 6-Jul-85 08:24:07 EDT Article-I.D.: omen.188 Posted: Sat Jul 6 08:24:07 1985 Date-Received: Mon, 8-Jul-85 00:47:52 EDT References: <30200012@gypsy.UUCP> <385@petrus.UUCP> Reply-To: caf@.UUCP (Chuck Forsberg WA7KGX) Organization: Omen Technology, Portland Lines: 30 Summary: In article <385@petrus.UUCP> karn@petrus.UUCP writes: >I too am interested in headphones for a CD player. I've found that the >difficulty is not in finding phones that can do justice to the performance >of a CD player, but rather in finding a set that can ALSO seal out enough >room noise so you can hear the full dynamic range. ... I have a pair of Sony MDR-CD5 at about $80 discounted that do a fair job of shutting out ambient noise. Their sound is about as good as any cans I've heard, and they are sensitive enough to use with the headphone output of a CD player. Their sensitivity also means longer battery life when used with a battery powered radio. The only cans I know of with bettern isolation are the Koss 4's, but their sound leaves much to be desired. Senn's sound fine, but lack the sensitivity and isolation needed to use them directly connected to the CD player when a PC is nearby. Having just said all that, I must admit to listening to FM most of the time lately - it's less bother and the compression makes it easy to hear on the speakers. Sometimes tho I just have to switch on the CD when the record scratch and/or distortion get out of hand. BTW, if anyone knows of a great sounding pair of cans with HIGH isolation, let's hear about it. -- Chuck Forsberg WA7KGX ...!tektronix!reed!omen!caf CIS:70715,131 Omen Technology Inc 17505-V NW Sauvie Island Road Portland OR 97231 Voice: 503-621-3406 Modem: 503-621-3746 (Hit CR's for speed detect) Home of Professional-YAM, the most powerful COMM program for the IBM PC