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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
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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...

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