"Heterodyne" wrote in message
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On Thu, 30 Nov 2006 20:17:33 -0800, N9NEO wrote:

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?

regards,
NEO

Sony MDR V150

DITTO ON THE SONY MDR - V150
Great for IPOD as well

CL

ABSOLUTELY on the Sony MDR V150 for modern radios.

But the BEST headphones for shortwave listening which I have EVER used
(and still use occasionally) are the Clevite "Brush" Crystal Headphones
Model BA-200. They have restricted frequency range to minimize static
and hiss, and overall clear and bright sound up to about 5000 Hz. When
you can't "read" a signal through a loudspeaker, these come to the
rescue! Unfortunately the impedance is so high (45,000[!] Ohms at 1000
Hz) that the volume is greatly attenuated when using them with modern
radios. But used with my old Lafayette HE-10 (or any other classic tube
receiver), they are tops. And I mean TOPS! I bought mine in July 1962
and they are still as good as new!

Best,

Joe

Caveat Lector wrote:
"Heterodyne" wrote in message
news
On Thu, 30 Nov 2006 20:17:33 -0800, N9NEO wrote:

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?

regards,
NEO

Sony MDR V150

DITTO ON THE SONY MDR - V150
Great for IPOD as well

CL

In article . com,
"Joe Analssandrini" wrote:


Caveat Lector wrote:
"Heterodyne" wrote in message
news
On Thu, 30 Nov 2006 20:17:33 -0800, N9NEO wrote:

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?

regards,
NEO

Sony MDR V150

DITTO ON THE SONY MDR - V150
Great for IPOD as well
ABSOLUTELY on the Sony MDR V150 for modern radios.

But the BEST headphones for shortwave listening which I have EVER used
(and still use occasionally) are the Clevite "Brush" Crystal Headphones
Model BA-200. They have restricted frequency range to minimize static
and hiss, and overall clear and bright sound up to about 5000 Hz. When
you can't "read" a signal through a loudspeaker, these come to the
rescue! Unfortunately the impedance is so high (45,000[!] Ohms at 1000
Hz) that the volume is greatly attenuated when using them with modern
radios. But used with my old Lafayette HE-10 (or any other classic tube
receiver), they are tops. And I mean TOPS! I bought mine in July 1962
and they are still as good as new!

I've been happy with the Sony MDR-V600.

--
Telamon
Ventura, California

Joe Analssandrini wrote:
ABSOLUTELY on the Sony MDR V150 for modern radios.

But the BEST headphones for shortwave listening which I have EVER used
(and still use occasionally) are the Clevite "Brush" Crystal Headphones
Model BA-200. They have restricted frequency range to minimize static
and hiss, and overall clear and bright sound up to about 5000 Hz. When
you can't "read" a signal through a loudspeaker, these come to the
rescue! Unfortunately the impedance is so high (45,000[!] Ohms at 1000
Hz) that the volume is greatly attenuated when using them with modern
radios. But used with my old Lafayette HE-10 (or any other classic tube
receiver), they are tops. And I mean TOPS! I bought mine in July 1962
and they are still as good as new!

Best,

Joe

Try using an audio output transformer, plate to speaker, in reverse.
Should
give you quite a boast on the audio level with no ill effects. It might
be a good
idea to put either a 10K pot oo a 1 to 2 K resistor in series to help
control
any low level background noise common in most recveivers.

Terry