[Premium-Rx] Headphones

[Gary Geissinger]

I agree with Bob, WA2UEH.  While I have tried several different versions of Sennheiser headsets, some Koss hi-fi headphones, and two models from Heil, the Bose noise cancelling headset is the best all around headset I have tried for SWL and ham use.

By the way, they are great for field day.  They really reduce the acoustic noise from adjacent operators.

I have noticed one peculiarity with them, though.  While wearing them on aircraft while getting in line to take off I can sometimes hear the ground PPI radar as it scans by the aircraft.  Only the earphone facing the radar picks up the pulses.  I guess the dense material between the earpieces shields the one on the opposite side. HI HI.

Gary WA0SPM


-----Original Message-----
From: premium-rx-bounces at ml.skirrow.org on behalf of Bob Kulow
Sent: Sun 6/27/2004 2:48 PM
To: premium-rx at ml.skirrow.org; Blair Batty
Subject: Re: [Premium-Rx] Headphones
 
> I'd like to get a pair of headphones, comfortable and
> lightweight
<snip>
>
> Suggestions or advice? Good brands and models?
>
> Sincerely
> Blair Batty, Canada

I have been using the Bose "Quiet Comfort" headphones for BCB, SW and
high-quality stereo listening.  Besides sounding great and being lightweight
and comfortable, they have active noise cancellation which cancels out the
lower-frequency ambient noise.  The phones themselves do a creditable job of
blocking the higher frequencies.

They don't block noise as well as my Clarks, but they are a lot more
comfortable and sound much better.  Not cheap but I don't regret the money I
spent for them.

( I also work part-time as a projectionist in a local movie house.  Wearing
them while in the projection room, with two projectors running, makes it a
lot more pleasant.)

73
Bob WA2UEH


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