K1 headphone selection?
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I was searching the archives for suggestion for a good quality portable
headsets for the K1 taking into account (1) good low end response, (2) comfortable to wear for a few hours and (3) good volume and (4) good sensitivity. Many of the "stereo" headsets are about 32 ohm and not sure if that rules these out performance wise. I am trying to avoid buying 4 or 5 sets and hoping to gain from the LIST's vast experience. To spare the bandwidth on the LIST you can send comments directly to ardujenski AT aol.com Thank you Alan KB7MBI Woodinville, WA **************Make your life easier with all your friends, email, and favorite sites in one place. Try it now. (http://www.aol.com/?optin=new-dp&icid=aolcom40vanity&ncid=emlcntaolcom00000010) _______________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Post to: [hidden email] You must be a subscriber to post to the list. Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com |
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Alan,
The K1 has lots of audio, so you don't really need extremely sensitive headphones. Your question has a lot of 'individual preference' content to it, but I will share mine. I have the Sony MDR-CD60 headphones here and like them over any others I have tried - they are quite comfortable and have great response for my ham use. I bought them several years ago at Target or Wall Mart or someplace like that (really can't remember). I checked the web and found a source at http://www.networksupplyinc.com/NEWproductslist/Specials/sonyheadset.htm. I don't know if this is the best deal, and you are welcome to Google on your own for further information. One site for audiophiles did not seem to like them, but for my purposes, they are great and quite comfortable. One caveat - I wear hearing aids because of my high frequency hearing loss (but below 200 Hz my hearing is normal). I usually listen using speakers because I cannot use headphones over my hearing aids, but if I take the aids off, these headphones are "just the thing" for me. YMMV. 73, Don W3FPR [hidden email] wrote: > I was searching the archives for suggestion for a good quality portable > headsets for the K1 taking into account > > (1) good low end response, > (2) comfortable to wear for a few hours and > (3) good volume and > (4) good sensitivity. > > Many of the "stereo" headsets are about 32 ohm and not sure if that rules > these out performance wise. > > I am trying to avoid buying 4 or 5 sets and hoping to gain from the LIST's > vast experience. To spare the bandwidth on the LIST you can send comments > directly to > > ardujenski AT aol.com > > Elecraft mailing list Post to: [hidden email] You must be a subscriber to post to the list. Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com |
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Correction - that should have been 2000 Hz instead of 200 Hz.
Most male voices I can hear fine, but for female and children's voices I often mistake the words that sound similar. I had a lot of trouble understanding the grandchildren until after I got the hearing aids. 73, Don W3FPR Don Wilhelm wrote: > Alan, > > The K1 has lots of audio, so you don't really need extremely sensitive > headphones. Your question has a lot of 'individual preference' > content to it, but I will share mine. > > I have the Sony MDR-CD60 headphones here and like them over any others > I have tried - they are quite comfortable and have great response for > my ham use. I bought them several years ago at Target or Wall Mart or > someplace like that (really can't remember). > I checked the web and found a source at > http://www.networksupplyinc.com/NEWproductslist/Specials/sonyheadset.htm. > I don't know if this is the best deal, and you are welcome to Google > on your own for further information. One site for audiophiles did not > seem to like them, but for my purposes, they are great and quite > comfortable. > > One caveat - I wear hearing aids because of my high frequency hearing > loss (but below 200 Hz my hearing is normal). I usually listen using > speakers because I cannot use headphones over my hearing aids, but if > I take the aids off, these headphones are "just the thing" for me. YMMV. > > 73, > Don W3FPR > > [hidden email] wrote: >> I was searching the archives for suggestion for a good quality >> portable headsets for the K1 taking into account >> >> (1) good low end response, (2) comfortable to wear for a few hours >> and (3) good volume and (4) good sensitivity. >> Many of the "stereo" headsets are about 32 ohm and not sure if that >> rules these out performance wise. >> >> I am trying to avoid buying 4 or 5 sets and hoping to gain from the >> LIST's vast experience. To spare the bandwidth on the LIST you can >> send comments directly to >> ardujenski AT aol.com >> > _______________________________________________ > Elecraft mailing list > Post to: [hidden email] > You must be a subscriber to post to the list. > Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): > http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm > Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG - http://www.avg.com > Version: 8.0.176 / Virus Database: 270.9.13/1826 - Release Date: 12/3/2008 9:34 AM > > Elecraft mailing list Post to: [hidden email] You must be a subscriber to post to the list. Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com |
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I used a couple of variations of the "stereo" headphones with my K1. One
was the plain vanilla RCA $5 ones at Dollar General worked great. I also use some Sony "earbud" Stereo phones that were $10 at Wally World. The K1 doesn't seem fussy about either. 73, Sandy W5TVW ----- Original Message ----- From: <[hidden email]> To: <[hidden email]> Sent: Wednesday, December 03, 2008 5:38 PM Subject: [Elecraft] K1 headphone selection? >I was searching the archives for suggestion for a good quality portable > headsets for the K1 taking into account > > (1) good low end response, > (2) comfortable to wear for a few hours and > (3) good volume and > (4) good sensitivity. > > Many of the "stereo" headsets are about 32 ohm and not sure if that rules > these out performance wise. > > I am trying to avoid buying 4 or 5 sets and hoping to gain from the > LIST's > vast experience. To spare the bandwidth on the LIST you can send comments > directly to > > ardujenski AT aol.com > > Thank you > > Alan KB7MBI > Woodinville, WA > > **************Make your life easier with all your friends, email, and > favorite sites in one place. Try it now. > (http://www.aol.com/?optin=new-dp&icid=aolcom40vanity&ncid=emlcntaolcom00000010) > _______________________________________________ > Elecraft mailing list > Post to: [hidden email] > You must be a subscriber to post to the list. > Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): > http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft > > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm > Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG - http://www.avg.com Version: 8.0.176 / Virus Database: 270.9.13/1827 - Release Date: 12/3/2008 5:41 PM _______________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Post to: [hidden email] You must be a subscriber to post to the list. Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com |
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