Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site watdcsu.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!water!watdcsu!herbie From: herbie@watdcsu.UUCP (Herb Chong [DCS]) Newsgroups: net.audio Subject: Re: Digital Ready Headphones Needed! Message-ID: <1507@watdcsu.UUCP> Date: Mon, 1-Jul-85 14:55:55 EDT Article-I.D.: watdcsu.1507 Posted: Mon Jul 1 14:55:55 1985 Date-Received: Tue, 2-Jul-85 04:52:39 EDT References: <30200012@gypsy.UUCP> <385@petrus.UUCP> Reply-To: herbie@watdcsu.UUCP (Herb Chong [DCS]) Organization: U of Waterloo Lines: 31 Summary: In article <385@petrus.UUCP> karn@petrus.UUCP writes: >Can anybody recommend a set of phones that are at least as good as the >larger Seenheisers AND do a reasonable job of sealing out external noise >AND aren't uncomfortable to wear? i think you will be hard pressed to find such a pair of phones. the trend these days is for open-back headphones because they are lighter, more comfortable, and generally still provide good bass response because they use the trapped air between the driver and the ear as the load to the driver. as i remember it, the older phones that were total sealing types (Koss Pro4/AAA and the like) did not provide that good an isolation anyways, at least not enough for the dynamic range for a CD. and they were heavy and uncomfortable after only a few minutes of wearing them. the typical dynamic range of a CD just isn't suitable in any noisy environment like a car. a pair of headphones with outstanding isolation provides maybe 10dB more room to work with, and i don't think that's enough. what you really want is to stick the CD output through a compression unit. when i'm listening on my headphones, the noise from my refrigerator in the kitchen is quite audible on the quieter passages and it's not a noisy fridge though there are many quieter. Herb Chong... I'm user-friendly -- I don't byte, I nybble.... UUCP: {decvax|utzoo|ihnp4|allegra|clyde}!watmath!water!watdcsu!herbie CSNET: herbie%watdcsu@waterloo.csnet ARPA: herbie%watdcsu%waterloo.csnet@csnet-relay.arpa NETNORTH, BITNET, EARN: herbie@watdcs, herbie@watdcsu