[Elecraft] Quality Ham Headphones?

[Ron D'Eau Claire]

Gosh, just about any modern comfortable headphones will work FB. Most
low-cost phones have an impedance of about 50 ohms that works FB with the
Elecraft rigs. For a long time, "hi-fi" phones had an impedance of about 8
or 16 ohms to be used with audio gear. The preferred impedance seems to have
gone up with the popularity of portable music players such as the "Walkman".


Let's see, what's hanging on the phones jack of my K2 at the moment are some
inexpensive Radio Shack phones, "Nova 56". I think they're about a decade
old now <G>. I've got some inexpensive LabTek phones around here somewhere
too...

Actually, I think you'd find that the old WWII type phones wouldn't work.
Most of those phones were very high-impedance: about 2,000 ohms. I've not
tried them with any Elecraft rigs, but I think you'd find the audio level
disappointing if you can hear anything at all! 

Ron AC7AC


-----Original Message-----
Can anyone suggest reasonably costing plain-vanilla
earphones for ham use?  What 2007 headphones are
available out there - be it WMart, RShack, or Bose?

What quality, not WWII vintage, earphones are good
performers for K2, IC-706MKIIG, or IC-7000 type
ham rigs?

I'm not searching for Western Electric WWII
headphones.

I suspect there is one or 2 models out there, that
we can all afford.  What impedance am I looking for?

Thanks,
Fred, FL