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"del.icio.us" wrote:

"N9NEO" wrote in message
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I've been using walmart or cheap radio shack phones that my kids
give me. I don't think more expensive phones would do me any good
cause I just listen to talk radio and never music. I've been using
the kind with foam puffys. Maybe I will spend 25bucks for a pair
of the Sennheiser HD201. They are full sized. Check out the
expensive ones at the bottom of the page.

http://www.headphone.com/products/headphones/full-size/

So do you have a favorite headphone? Bose? Koss? Sennheiser?

What do you want to listen to, the audio of the radio program or the
noise from your receiver? For listening to talk radio programs and
SWL a HiFi set of cans will give you listeners fatigue.

For serious weak signal SW DXing I use Kenwood HS-5 which limits the
audio frequencies to the critical audio spectrum where my ear is most
sensitive and the audio that is available from a radio broadcast. For
portable/casual SWL & talk radio I use the Sennheiser PX-200 whose
audio frequency response cuts out in the high audio frequencies which
are not present in radio audio, just receiver noise - fatigue.

If you want HiFi look at Grado cans.

I keep reading these posts about using headphones or speakers that limit
the frequency response. I think that is a poor strategy. Get a high
fidelity speakers and headphones and use the radio tone controls and
filters to limit the response when conditions create noisy signal
reception. When reception is good you get the fullest bandwidth possible
for the best sound. That's what I do to enjoy program listening, which
comprises most of my listening.

Besides the the filter and tone controls you can also slow the AGC
response when conditions create noisy conditions.

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Telamon
Ventura, California