[Audio_Empire]

In article ,
"Gary Eickmeier" wrote:

Audio_Empire wrote:


It's the "inside my head" part that bothers me. Not saying here that I
don't or can't listen to headphones , obviously, I do. When recording,
for instance, I have a pair of big, clumsy Koss Pro-4AAs clamped to my
head because they are the most isolating phones I know of next to a
pair of David Clark aviation phones, and they're (A) expensive, and
(B) monaural.
I listen to my HiFiMan HE-500s using my HiFiMan tubed headphone amp
as part of my stereo all the time. When editing recordings using
Audacity, I use my Stax with its tubed amp/polarizing driver (don't
use them on my stereo because the cord isn't long enough and I can't
get an extension from Stax any more)

A_E

I have often wondered how those noise cancelling headphones would work for a
recording engineer wanting to isolate from the live sound and hear what is
going into the recorder more clearly. I would be a little afraid that you
might hear a mix of the two, rather than just the pure electrical signal.

Anyone ever try it?

Gary Eickmeier

Yes, I bought a pair from Bose when they first came out. Here's what I
found. They would totally cancel out the sound of a fan or an air
conditioner and heavily attenuate the sound of a jet plane cabin. But,
with music playing in the same room, they did nothing. They are designed
to attenuate more or less constant noise and to be comfortable, they
were not ACOUSTICALLY isolatory themselves like the Koss Pro 4AAs. I
also didn't like the way the Bose's sounded. They seemed distorted to
me. Luckily, one of the earpiece attachment pieces broke at the headband
and that was the end of those. I have a pair of light on-ear noise
cancelers from JVC now and they work OK for airplanes, noisy cafes, etc.
and sound acceptable. I still prefer my Sony MDV-6s for iPod listening,
though.

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