MrHumbucker
New Head-Fier
Hello!
My Grandfather struggles with his hearing, so he uses headphones to help him understand what people are saying on TV and (at the moment) on video calls.
They help, but he finds them a bit muffled, so he recently asked me to see if I could find him something that would sound clearer for a maximum of £125 (we’re in the UK).
Initially I expected this to be easy, as I know that his current headphones are very bass biased, but I gave him an old pair of Sennheiser HD 201s just to see how he got on with them, and he says he can’t hear a difference in tone between those and his current ones (which are by OneOdio).
I’ve used both of those headphones, and I know the Sennheisers have a much more balanced sound.
This might mean his hearing has gone too far for better headphones to help, but I still want to at least give something higher end a try before we give up.
The headphones I’m currently looking at for him are the Sennheiser HD 280 Pro for a little under £100 https://www.amazon.co.uk/Sennheiser-HD280pro-Closed-Monitoring-Headphones-Black/dp/B000065BPB
Although that uses up most of the budget, I also wondered whether a super-cheap headphone amp would be worth getting, like this one from Liam & Daan:
https://www.amazon.co.uk/LIAM-DAAN-...ones-black/dp/B07GH3K9Y4/ref=sr_1_5?dchild=1&
It needs to be portable so that he doesn’t have trouble moving from one device to another. Although it has good reviews, I couldn’t find any notable specs on the UK amazon page, but with a fair bit of digging I managed to find and google translate these specs from the amp’s German amazon listing:
Maximum output power: 270mW (32 Ohm THD <1%) / 450mW (16 Ohm THD <1%)
Recommended headphone impedance: 16-300 Ω
Signal-to-noise ratio:> 108dB
THD: 0,004%
Would there be any point in getting the amp? The musical quality of the setup doesn’t really matter, just the clarity & volume.
Any headphones he gets need to have only one wire coming from the cups like those Sennheisers, so that it doesn’t become a trip hazard. It also needs to be closed-back so that it isn’t deafening to anyone nearby!
Thank you for your time.
My Grandfather struggles with his hearing, so he uses headphones to help him understand what people are saying on TV and (at the moment) on video calls.
They help, but he finds them a bit muffled, so he recently asked me to see if I could find him something that would sound clearer for a maximum of £125 (we’re in the UK).
Initially I expected this to be easy, as I know that his current headphones are very bass biased, but I gave him an old pair of Sennheiser HD 201s just to see how he got on with them, and he says he can’t hear a difference in tone between those and his current ones (which are by OneOdio).
I’ve used both of those headphones, and I know the Sennheisers have a much more balanced sound.
This might mean his hearing has gone too far for better headphones to help, but I still want to at least give something higher end a try before we give up.
The headphones I’m currently looking at for him are the Sennheiser HD 280 Pro for a little under £100 https://www.amazon.co.uk/Sennheiser-HD280pro-Closed-Monitoring-Headphones-Black/dp/B000065BPB
Although that uses up most of the budget, I also wondered whether a super-cheap headphone amp would be worth getting, like this one from Liam & Daan:
https://www.amazon.co.uk/LIAM-DAAN-...ones-black/dp/B07GH3K9Y4/ref=sr_1_5?dchild=1&
It needs to be portable so that he doesn’t have trouble moving from one device to another. Although it has good reviews, I couldn’t find any notable specs on the UK amazon page, but with a fair bit of digging I managed to find and google translate these specs from the amp’s German amazon listing:
Maximum output power: 270mW (32 Ohm THD <1%) / 450mW (16 Ohm THD <1%)
Recommended headphone impedance: 16-300 Ω
Signal-to-noise ratio:> 108dB
THD: 0,004%
Would there be any point in getting the amp? The musical quality of the setup doesn’t really matter, just the clarity & volume.
Any headphones he gets need to have only one wire coming from the cups like those Sennheisers, so that it doesn’t become a trip hazard. It also needs to be closed-back so that it isn’t deafening to anyone nearby!
Thank you for your time.