[R-390] 600-ohm phones?

[Tim Shoppa]

What 600-ohm headphones are out there? I've got a number of older military radios that evidently were built to drive 600 ohm phones. Some sort-of drive 8-ohm modern phones but have some problems with level or matching or something.

New I know that available new there's the JRC-3, which look real nice to me but I haven't actually listened to them.

Surplus-wise, I'm sure that Fair Radio or some other outfit has some but I'm not familiar with the details.

I used to have a pair of Califone 600 ohm mono headphones that I thought were pretty good, but those are long gone now. Maybe I'll check out their website and see if they still sell them (I was quite impressed to find the ceramic cartridges/needles for some of the older Califone stuff still available this past spring.)

I mostly listen to CW, SSB, AM and I am singularly unimpressed with the dinky little headphones that people commonly use with walkman's/ipods/MP3 players. I also am not looking for an external headphone amp, I just want to plug in the headphones and go. But if you really want to recommend I broaden my search you can!

Tim.