[Elecraft] KX1 headphones

[Brett Howard]

If sensitivity isn't specified often impedance is and the lower the
impedances usually result in higher efficiencies.

~Brett (KC7OTG)

On Thu, 2009-08-20 at 22:27 -0700, Erik N Basilier wrote:
> Thanks all for the suggestions!
> Not having fallen yet for the fashionable pocket music players, I wasn't 
> aware of how much money young people can spend on earbuds, nor that the 
> in-ear style is back into fashion. OK, I have an expensive headset for phone 
> operation, and I appreciate expensive units for music, but I can't see 
> paying a lot for frequency response when the radio is cw only. When I looked 
> up all the earbuds etc available from RS, the selection is quite staggering, 
> but the "spec's" don't say anything about sensitivity; the fine audio brands 
> mostly don't specify sensitivity either. I think my next step will be to 
> visit the nearby RS where the mgr recognizes me, and then try as many models 
> as he will let me...
> 
> 73,
> Erik K7TV
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "David Woolley (E.L)" <forums at david-woolley.me.uk>
> To: "Erik N Basilier" <ebasilier at cox.net>
> Cc: <elecraft at mailman.qth.net>
> Sent: Thursday, August 20, 2009 3:15 PM
> Subject: Re: [Elecraft] KX1 headphones
> 
> 
> > 16mm buds are Walkman style and therefore no longer fashionable.  The 
> > current fashion is i-Pod, which do fit in the ear canal and generally have 
> > soft foam.  I think most of the recommendations you have had are for i-Pod 
> > "in the ear" style.
> >
> 
> 
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