[Elecraft] K3 - using ear buds

[Oliver Johns]

Dear Kevin,

If these are in-the-ear earbuds, please be careful.  Some malfunction in the radio leading to a very loud sound could wreck your ears before you could get them out / off.  I never use in-ear earbuds with electronic equipment other than well-behaved iPhone type things.

Oliver
W6ODJ


On 30 Jan. 2012, at 7:36 PM, kevinr <kevinr at coho.net> wrote:

> I have been using earbuds with my K3 for about a year.  I experimented 
> with three sets of headphones and seven pairs of earbuds.  Since I am a 
> CW op I don't need great fidelity.  On my first pass through all the 
> transducers I found the earbuds outperformed the headphones.  Two of the 
> headphones and three of the earbuds are high quality and great for 
> music.  But those were the ones I eliminated from my tests in the first 
> pass since they just did not work for my purpose very well.  I was left 
> with one set of headphones and four sets of earbuds.  It came down to 
> two earbuds which I can use comfortably for hours.  They also allow me 
> to dig just a little deeper into the noise.  The ones I chose were not 
> the cheapest nor the most expensive.  Another benefit of the earbuds is 
> easy storage and the little space they use.  Easy to pack for an outdoor 
> setup too.
>     73,
>          Kevin.  KD5ONS
> 
> 
> On 10/30/2012 12:07 PM, Bill wrote:
>> This is not strictly a K3 question, however as all I use these days is
>> my K3 - I figure it applies.
>> 
>> Does anyone use earbuds as an alternative to headphones? Pros/cons?
>> Satisfaction? Cheap or expensive?
>> 
>> Thanks,
>> 
>> Bill W2BLC
>> 
>> 
> 
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