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On 23/02/2017 3:00 PM, RS Wood wrote:
From the «blocking out the madness» department: Title: Ask The Wirecutter: How to Decide Which Headphones to Buy (Hint: Not Apples AirPods) Author: DAMON DARLIN Date: Wed, 22 Feb 2017 11:10:36 -0500 Link: http://www.nytimes.com/2017/02/22/te...er=rss&emc=rss Podcast Download URL: https://static01.nyt.com/images/2017...WIRE1-moth.jpg With so many choices available, shopping for earphones can be daunting. A headphone editor suggests buying two cheaper pairs suited to different needs. Kind of depends if you want headphones for high quality sound, or as a fashion accessory. geoff |
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On 19/04/17 12:05, geoff wrote:
Kind of depends if you want headphones for high quality sound, or as a fashion accessory. Or as a covert DIY hearing aid .. The future is going to see them rather prominent and fashionable like eyewear, and additionally integrated with the music/phone (possibly that made the user deaf in the first place[1]). On that subject, like a prescription for glasses, is there a written standard of writing one for hearing aids? With the rip-off shameful high cost of some of these (thousands) praying on folks that want them so covert, surely a home build DSP project (opensource?) is possible with knowledge of the right parameters? or use of a cheaper Generic device for sale? [1] - Shouldn't joke. That will eventually be me.... Loud electronica music fan here. -- Adrian C |
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Adrian Caspersz writes: On 19/04/17 12:05, geoff wrote: Kind of depends if you want headphones for high quality sound, or as a fashion accessory. Or as a covert DIY hearing aid .. The future is going to see them rather prominent and fashionable like eyewear, and additionally integrated with the music/phone (possibly that made the user deaf in the first place[1]). AFAICT the circuit design and tuning controls are sophisticated, albeit straigtforward, electronics but the big bucks are for fitting all that into a widget the size of a fava bean. I'd be happy to wear headphones or earbuds and carry a widget the size of a large cell phone if it worked for my hearing loss and cost a few hundred bucks instead of the ca. $2,000 per ear. On that subject, like a prescription for glasses, is there a written standard of writing one for hearing aids? Bandwidth tuning, noise cancellation -- what else? See "sophisticated" supra. I'm guessing that "adjusting" a modern hearing aid is done by connecting it to a computer and proprietary software. They're too small to support an array of little adjusting screws. With the rip-off shameful high cost of some of these (thousands) praying on folks that want them so covert, surely a home build DSP project (opensource?) is possible with knowledge of the right parameters? or use of a cheaper Generic device for sale? Where's this happening? I high-frequency loss, speech discrimination loss and tinitis. But I'm weak on serious math and know almost noting about electronic hardware. There was a brief flurry of interest in DSP projects in Halifax (NS) circa 1994 but I think it's faded away. [1] - Shouldn't joke. That will eventually be me.... Loud electronica music fan here. Wroking around loud engines, running power tools and hammering at the anvil are quite enough, thanks, without rock n' roll. -- Mike Spencer Nova Scotia, Canada |
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On 04/19/2017 11:55 AM, Mike Spencer wrote:
Adrian Caspersz writes: On 19/04/17 12:05, geoff wrote: Kind of depends if you want headphones for high quality sound, or as a fashion accessory. Or as a covert DIY hearing aid .. The future is going to see them rather prominent and fashionable like eyewear, and additionally integrated with the music/phone (possibly that made the user deaf in the first place[1]). AFAICT the circuit design and tuning controls are sophisticated, albeit straigtforward, electronics but the big bucks are for fitting all that into a widget the size of a fava bean. I'd be happy to wear headphones or earbuds and carry a widget the size of a large cell phone if it worked for my hearing loss and cost a few hundred bucks instead of the ca. $2,000 per ear. FWIW, the $2K ones aren't necessarily good either. My mom had hers adjusted repeatedly, but they never got it right. All she wanted was to be able to understand the women on TV, but the adjustments to improve higher voices also heightened annoying higher-frequency sounds. That was in 2005, maybe the tech is better now. Equalizers have been around for quite a while, though. I don't think the fact that they're made from a mold of the person's ear canal is important. I asked my ENT guy about using hers if I ever needed them, and he said Fine, just have them adjusted for you. Not much hope, but it won't cost $2K/ear to try! On that subject, like a prescription for glasses, is there a written standard of writing one for hearing aids? Bandwidth tuning, noise cancellation -- what else? See "sophisticated" supra. I'm guessing that "adjusting" a modern hearing aid is done by connecting it to a computer and proprietary software. They're too small to support an array of little adjusting screws. Yes. There's just an on/off switch on the device itself. With the rip-off shameful high cost of some of these (thousands) praying on folks that want them so covert, surely a home build DSP project (opensource?) is possible with knowledge of the right parameters? or use of a cheaper Generic device for sale? Where's this happening? I high-frequency loss, speech discrimination loss and tinitis. But I'm weak on serious math and know almost noting about electronic hardware. There was a brief flurry of interest in DSP projects in Halifax (NS) circa 1994 but I think it's faded away. [1] - Shouldn't joke. That will eventually be me.... Loud electronica music fan here. Wroking around loud engines, running power tools and hammering at the anvil are quite enough, thanks, without rock n' roll. I do love the sound of an unmuffled helicopter taking off. R&R hasn't been that good since the Beatles destroyed it. -- Cheers, Bev "The last thing you want is for somebody to commit suicide before executing them." -Gary Deland, former Utah director for corrections |
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On Wed, 19 Apr 2017, The Real Bev wrote:
On 04/19/2017 11:55 AM, Mike Spencer wrote: Adrian Caspersz writes: On 19/04/17 12:05, geoff wrote: Kind of depends if you want headphones for high quality sound, or as a fashion accessory. Or as a covert DIY hearing aid .. The future is going to see them rather prominent and fashionable like eyewear, and additionally integrated with the music/phone (possibly that made the user deaf in the first place[1]). AFAICT the circuit design and tuning controls are sophisticated, albeit straigtforward, electronics but the big bucks are for fitting all that into a widget the size of a fava bean. I'd be happy to wear headphones or earbuds and carry a widget the size of a large cell phone if it worked for my hearing loss and cost a few hundred bucks instead of the ca. $2,000 per ear. FWIW, the $2K ones aren't necessarily good either. My mom had hers adjusted repeatedly, but they never got it right. All she wanted was to be able to understand the women on TV, but the adjustments to improve higher voices also heightened annoying higher-frequency sounds. That was in 2005, maybe the tech is better now. Equalizers have been around for quite a while, though. I don't think the fact that they're made from a mold of the person's ear canal is important. I asked my ENT guy about using hers if I ever needed them, and he said Fine, just have them adjusted for you. Not much hope, but it won't cost $2K/ear to try! I think early hearing aids used actual transducers like those that used to come with transistor radios. But somewhere along the line, the transducer stayed in the hearing aid (certainly after the ones that fit over or in the ear), and so there's just audio coupling to the ear. The fitting of the piece to one's ear just seems comfort, and I maybe for best coupling. Now that all the rock stars are using in-ear monitors, they all have custom fitted ear pieces. I wonder if the hearing aids now have become like other things, they make the hardware really cheap, and it applies to all, but the more money you spend, the better the software or adjustment. Or featurs kick in as the money paid rises, but it's the software that makes this hearing aid better than that one, rather than the hardware. Michael |
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