At Radio Shack, they have this pait of phones that are 99.99 that are made out
of titanium. They fit super and definitely 'felt' expensive. Anyone with any
experience with these. Would they be good for DXing?

I have the Optimus Pro40's and have worn out the inside foam part so I have
black electrical tape nicely encircled into it. But I definitely need some
news phones, and I looked at the others and they were junk except this one
pair.

Figures it's made out of titanium and cost $99.99
Is there something I should look at in the specs to bring back to the group?

(Dxluver) wrote in message ...

At Radio Shack, they have this pair of phones that are 99.99....


Everything at Radio Shack goes on sale eventually. Count on those
headphones to be marked down to $59.99 or $69.99 in a few weeks or
months.

If you were building a racing bike or a jet fighter titanium might
mean something. In this context it is equivalent to zirconium.

On 02 Mar 2004 07:05:25 GMT, (Dxluver) wrote:

At Radio Shack, they have this pait of phones that are 99.99 that are made out
of titanium. They fit super and definitely 'felt' expensive. Anyone with any
experience with these. Would they be good for DXing?

I have the Optimus Pro40's and have worn out the inside foam part so I have
black electrical tape nicely encircled into it. But I definitely need some
news phones, and I looked at the others and they were junk except this one
pair.

Figures it's made out of titanium and cost $99.99
Is there something I should look at in the specs to bring back to the group?

David wrote:

If you were building a racing bike or a jet fighter titanium might
mean something. In this context it is equivalent to zirconium.


If titanium refers to the headphone frame itself, you're right -
it's meaningless. But I *think* it refers to the speaker diaphragms, or
the coating on them - a lot of manufacturers are going to that.

Tony




On 02 Mar 2004 07:05:25 GMT, (Dxluver) wrote:

At Radio Shack, they have this pait of phones that are 99.99 that are made out
of titanium. They fit super and definitely 'felt' expensive. Anyone with any
experience with these. Would they be good for DXing?

I have the Optimus Pro40's and have worn out the inside foam part so I have
black electrical tape nicely encircled into it. But I definitely need some
news phones, and I looked at the others and they were junk except this one
pair.

Figures it's made out of titanium and cost $99.99
Is there something I should look at in the specs to bring back to the group?


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Meaningless fad for earphones. If the extra strength of titanium were
needed the earphones would be so loud as to deafen the listener.

On Tue, 02 Mar 2004 10:33:42 -0500, Tony Meloche
wrote:



David wrote:

If you were building a racing bike or a jet fighter titanium might
mean something. In this context it is equivalent to zirconium.


If titanium refers to the headphone frame itself, you're right -
it's meaningless. But I *think* it refers to the speaker diaphragms, or
the coating on them - a lot of manufacturers are going to that.

Tony




On 02 Mar 2004 07:05:25 GMT, (Dxluver) wrote:

At Radio Shack, they have this pait of phones that are 99.99 that are made out
of titanium. They fit super and definitely 'felt' expensive. Anyone with any
experience with these. Would they be good for DXing?

I have the Optimus Pro40's and have worn out the inside foam part so I have
black electrical tape nicely encircled into it. But I definitely need some
news phones, and I looked at the others and they were junk except this one
pair.

Figures it's made out of titanium and cost $99.99
Is there something I should look at in the specs to bring back to the group?


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I have a set of RS titanium phones and they are great for music.

For SWL, get the $19.95 Koss - you won't notice the difference.

--
Gregg
*It's probably useful, even if it can't be SPICE'd*
http://geek.scorpiorising.ca

For SWL, get the $19.95 Koss - you won't notice the difference.

If I remember right though (and I might be wrong) the Koss isn't a 'cushy'
headphone is it? I remember seeing them, didn't think to much of them. What
is the part that encircles your ear made of?

I'll make a note of what you said if you'll respond. Thanks Gregg.

Behold, Dxluver signalled from keyed 4-1000A filament:

For SWL, get the $19.95 Koss - you won't notice the difference.

If I remember right though (and I might be wrong) the Koss isn't a
'cushy' headphone is it? I remember seeing them, didn't think to much
of them. What is the part that encircles your ear made of?

I'll make a note of what you said if you'll respond. Thanks Gregg.

Koss are VERY cushy - they use foam covered with leatherette.

My Pro-120's did too, but the leatherette wore off, now I just have foam.

--
Gregg
*It's probably useful, even if it can't be SPICE'd*
http://geek.scorpiorising.ca

Koss are VERY cushy - they use foam covered with leatherette.

My Pro-120's did too, but the leatherette wore off, now I just have foam.

that'll work, thanks for the info. I wonder how this rat shack episode
goes...lol...just kidding. I'll go to the local (good so far) one.

My Pro-120's did too, but the leatherette wore off, now I just have foam.

That's where you encircle them with electrical tape. :-) I did my Pro 40's and
they look good and it served the purpose.