daglesj
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I've been corresponding with a friend in Australia regarding headphones. Seems he's after some advice so I mentioned you good fellows being the font of all thats head-fi.
Here is the note he sent me -
"I've never much enjoyed headphones, even the expensive electrotatic variety, as the sensation of music being performed inside my head has always been just too weird for my tiny brain to process. One exception I experienced years ago was via Sydney company, Lake Audio's headphone amp/processor. Somehow this device lessened the ' it's all happening inside your head effect'. Sadly that company was bought out my Dolby labs and I've heard nothing of the Lake Audio processor since.
A while ago I fell in love with a pair of relatively inexpensive earphones from AKG, their K242's. Not only are they very comfortable but they somehow minimize that awful 'inside the head effect' So, I thought I'd found the answer for my iPod listening while traveling until I learnt the iPod battery ran out very fast if used at anything like realistic volumes. I then picked up a Headroom Portable Micro Amp off eBay. Armed with my new toys thought I'd died and gone to airline passenger audiophile heaven only to have several fellow passengers ask me to 'turn that thing down' . Stupid me hadn't paid any attention to the amount of external leakage from the AKG's - - and there's lots!
My guess is that there's no equivalent for the openess of these things with any 'in the ear' type phones and possibly not even with properly sealed ear surrounding cups.
What I need now is my own Lear Jet but then I wouldn't have to use phones, would I?
Any suggestions ? A lot of the sealed back phones I tried out recently provided a very peculiar sensation in the lower bass that I found almost painful. Don't know how to describe it but the AKG's didn't suffer from this problem in the least. My suspicion is, sadly, this is due to them being an open backed design. Sigh.
As that ancient curse tells us "Be careful what you wish for"
So I'm thinking he's after something that gives a 'wider' soundstage than normal to avoid the 'in the middle of the brain' effect but will also avoid annoying other folks at a resonable level. Hence why maybe the IEM approach may work as well as full size? Comfort is a good consideration too.
At the end of the day open to any suggestions no matter how left field they may be.
Thanks guys.
Here is the note he sent me -
"I've never much enjoyed headphones, even the expensive electrotatic variety, as the sensation of music being performed inside my head has always been just too weird for my tiny brain to process. One exception I experienced years ago was via Sydney company, Lake Audio's headphone amp/processor. Somehow this device lessened the ' it's all happening inside your head effect'. Sadly that company was bought out my Dolby labs and I've heard nothing of the Lake Audio processor since.
A while ago I fell in love with a pair of relatively inexpensive earphones from AKG, their K242's. Not only are they very comfortable but they somehow minimize that awful 'inside the head effect' So, I thought I'd found the answer for my iPod listening while traveling until I learnt the iPod battery ran out very fast if used at anything like realistic volumes. I then picked up a Headroom Portable Micro Amp off eBay. Armed with my new toys thought I'd died and gone to airline passenger audiophile heaven only to have several fellow passengers ask me to 'turn that thing down' . Stupid me hadn't paid any attention to the amount of external leakage from the AKG's - - and there's lots!
My guess is that there's no equivalent for the openess of these things with any 'in the ear' type phones and possibly not even with properly sealed ear surrounding cups.
What I need now is my own Lear Jet but then I wouldn't have to use phones, would I?
Any suggestions ? A lot of the sealed back phones I tried out recently provided a very peculiar sensation in the lower bass that I found almost painful. Don't know how to describe it but the AKG's didn't suffer from this problem in the least. My suspicion is, sadly, this is due to them being an open backed design. Sigh.
As that ancient curse tells us "Be careful what you wish for"
So I'm thinking he's after something that gives a 'wider' soundstage than normal to avoid the 'in the middle of the brain' effect but will also avoid annoying other folks at a resonable level. Hence why maybe the IEM approach may work as well as full size? Comfort is a good consideration too.
At the end of the day open to any suggestions no matter how left field they may be.
Thanks guys.