[Elecraft] K1 headphone selection?

[Don Wilhelm]

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
>
> ARDUJENSKI at aol.com 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
>>  
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