I, too, have had to live with post-contest bruised ears because I have worn
glassed since the 2nd grade of elementary school.
Although my Heil gear still serves as primary equipment for my contest and
DXpedition operating, I now switch to Starline Electronics Int'l
http://www.gis.net/~starline/ Headphones (no mic) for long CW-only operating
sessions.
I first used them in the 2003 CW SS and then again a few weeks ago for 45
hours (one 3 hour break) as VP5M. Frankly, I was stunned when both contests
were
over and I realized that I felt absolutely no ear discomfort. I initially
found that the ear cushions were a bit nontraditional in appearance and feel.
But, I found that design cut out nearly all background room noise and, although
feeling "firm," they readily formed around the wire frame leading to my ear.
I am not a techie kinda guy but I understand that each earpiece has a
separate woofer and tweeter. Their website says this means that the 'phones
employ a
"coaxial twin-speaker system." As a plug and play operator, I can only say
that with the lowered background distraction and speaker design they use, I do
hear the sigs down in and near the noise threshold quite nicely.
I expect to still use my Heil headset/mic for the majority of my operating
but these Starline jewels will now travel with me as well.
73,
Dennis K7BV/1
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