[Elecraft] Interesting Headphones

[Ron D'Eau Claire]

The demo is just a demo. According to the web site, the phones come equipped
to repeat that process to acoustically match the specific earphones to your
ears and apparently can be repeated as needed.  

It appears to match the audio level at eight different frequencies to each
ear. Like many, my ears are quite different, with large holes in the
response due to too much weapons firing in the Army many years ago. They
compensate for that.

I found the impact listening to their music clips striking.  

I would like to hear if that has an effect on Ham-band SSB comms. 

The headphones are $179 I believe.

FWIW, I do have the beard. Didn't notice any tats or man-buns on the models,
but I wasn't searching for them. I have no involvement with the company. I
just ran across the web site and thought it was interesting to those using
headphones.

73, Ron AC7AC


-----Original Message-----
From: Elecraft [mailto:elecraft-bounces at mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of David
Bunte
Sent: Friday, February 3, 2017 12:12 PM
To: Al Lorona
Cc: elecraft at mailman.qth.net
Subject: Re: [Elecraft] Interesting Headphones

I think the demographic they are shooting for is likely the folks who see
friends paying $300 for super fancy headphones, and can't spend that kind of
money... maybe those folks look different than you do... I know they don't
look much like me.

I do think they are quite interesting and I believe you are correct in that
they tailor the response to each ear separately. My hearing aids do that for
me. Where I think these phones become less attractive, is that as your ears
change, a new set may become necessary. Also, the way they evaluate what
settings would be "correct" for you, seems too dependent on the headphones
with which you take their test.

I am very happy with the "Gaming" set from Plantronics that I got from BEST
BUY for about $16.00.

Dave - K9FN

On Fri, Feb 3, 2017 at 2:59 PM, Al Lorona <alorona at sbcglobal.net> wrote:

> WARNING: LESS-THAN-POSITIVE RESPONSE BELOW I don't know... With three 
> tattoos, two full beards and a man-bun on their page, I don't quite 
> think I'm in their target demographic.
> I think their thing is simply equalizing the frequency response of 
> each ear, no?  Just use the RX EQ on your K3.
> Al  W6LX