[CQ-Contest] Headphones for CW

[Collins, Graham]

Good evening Rin,

Thank you for your comments.

Comments so far have been split equally between the HD280 and the MDR7506. It would seem that they are equally like by those who use them.

I considered the CM500 but decided that it was not for me. I work mostly CW and felt the microphone would just be something that got in the way. 

I have been a long time fan of Yamaha audio equipment. I still have my now very old NS-500 and NS-1000 Yamaha speakers in my listening room
 
Cheers es 73, Graham ve3gtc


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From: cq-contest-bounces at contesting.com [mailto:cq-contest-bounces at contesting.com] On Behalf Of rin JG1VGX
Sent: November 30, 2011 22:17
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Subject: Re: [CQ-Contest] Headphones for CW

Hi,

I own MDR-7506 and love it. I bought that for listening to music, not
for radio, but it works for both. As a music listening headphone, it
is splendid. I enjoy acoustic music, jazz, classical etc with it.
It is also collapsible, comes with nice bag, which is good for
carrying around if you intend joining as multi op.

I also have CM500. This is a value-for-money PC headset. I used this
several times in phone contests. It works OK but construction, comfort
and sound quality fell a little behind, unsurprisingly, more expensive
ones. It is targeted for PC gaming, not for music. It has ECM so the
mic line needs to be phantom powered unless your radio is ICOM. (PC's
mic jack is already phantom powered.)

rin JG1VGX


On Thu, Dec 1, 2011 at 3:07 AM, Collins, Graham <CollinG at navcanada.ca> wrote:
> I have tried all sorts of different headphones for CW work, some good, some not so good.
>
> Lately I have tried a good pair of Sennheiser "earbud" type. Good sound, worked very well but I found them uncomfortable after a while. I gave them to my grandson and he loves them for use with his iPod.
>
> So, the search is on and at the moment I am considering the Sennheiser HD280 or the Sony MDR7506. I am leaning towards the Sony.
>
> So, comments, suggestions, recommendations from the masses?
>
> Cheers, Graham ve3gtc
>
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