Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site gitpyr.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!bonnie!akgua!gatech!gitpyr!tynor From: tynor@gitpyr.UUCP (Steve Tynor) Newsgroups: net.audio Subject: Re: Digital Ready Headphones Needed! Message-ID: <541@gitpyr.UUCP> Date: Fri, 5-Jul-85 13:33:20 EDT Article-I.D.: gitpyr.541 Posted: Fri Jul 5 13:33:20 1985 Date-Received: Mon, 8-Jul-85 01:21:38 EDT References: <30200012@gypsy.UUCP> <11374@brl-tgr.ARPA> Reply-To: tynor@gitpyr.UUCP (Steve Tynor) Organization: Georgia Institute of Technology Lines: 29 Summary: In article <11374@brl-tgr.ARPA> ron@brl-tgr.ARPA (Ron Natalie) writes: >As far as headphones go. If you want reasonable durable use >KOSS-PRO 4AA vise grips. Otherwise find some nice electrostatics. >The problem with most of the light weight headphones is that they >don't provide good enough seal for really decent base response. >This is one of the advantages of the Koss's. Maybe, but Pro-4A's are very uncomfortable. (Vise grips is an apt term!) I have a pair of Sennheiser 430's that are both comfortable (they're lightweight, but around the ear), and have excellent response (both bass and otherwise). Organ music can be uncanny in the 430's (I've often been tricked into thinking my speakers were still on, due to their good bass response. Oh yes, the 430's can be had relatively cheaply. I bought mine for ~$70. =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Never put off until tomorrow what you can avoid altogether. Steve Tynor Georgia Instutute of Technology ...{akgua, allegra, amd, harpo, hplabs, ihnp4, masscomp, ut-ngp, rlgvax, sb1, uf-cgrl, unmvax, ut-sally} !gatech!gitpyr!tynor -- Steve Tynor Georgia Insitute of Technology, Atlanta Georgia, 30332 ...!{akgua,allegra,amd,hplabs,ihnp4,masscomp,ut-ngp}!gatech!gitpyr!tynor