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: <1506@watdcsu.UUCP> Date: Sat, 29-Jun-85 16:08:11 EDT Article-I.D.: watdcsu.1506 Posted: Sat Jun 29 16:08:11 1985 Date-Received: Sun, 30-Jun-85 03:11:52 EDT References: <30200012@gypsy.UUCP> Reply-To: herbie@watdcsu.UUCP (Herb Chong [DCS]) Organization: U of Waterloo Lines: 43 Summary: i'm posting this because i think the volume issue is of general interest. In article <30200012@gypsy.UUCP> rosen@gypsy.UUCP writes: >I am in the market for a pair of headphones for my stereo system. Since I >purchased my CD player I have been really cranking it up because I can't >seem to get enough of it. This is getting to be too loud for the general >public and I have to limit the music to blowing out my own eardrums. what is this with volume? there is realistic sound volume, and then there's too loud. too loud for the general public usually means too loud to be safe for the ears. my speakers are inefficient at 83db/W/m and i think that running at about 10 to 20 W peak through them is a realistic and comfortable sound level for listening. it's loud enough to show the detail and have reasonable tonal balance when my tone controls are shut off in my smallish room. the actual measured SPL is about 95dB peak at my listening position. of course, i have considerably more power at my disposal, but i rarely use it. >Can >someone recommend a set of headphones that really perserve the fidelity of a >CD player? I know that Sony makes a pair that is specifically designed for >CD usage, but I am wondering if there is really anything else. Any general >prices ranges for such a beast would also be greatly appreciated. what are you looking for, accuracy, or volume? if high accuracy is the prime requirement, consider electrostatic or electret headphones (if your budget can stand it). these phones will play loud too, but that's not why you buy them. various models of Stax or Audio Technica electret headphones are highly reccommended. people mention the Sennheiser HD430's as another good headphone, but i have never tried a pair. Sennheiser also makes electrostatic and electret headphones, but no-one around here carries those models. if you read back through the last few months of this newsgroup, there was an extensive discussion on choosing a quaility headphone. 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