I too prefer open headphones. I am too "cut off" with my good ones that I
thought I needed to record.
I always want to be aware of something "better" behind me when I am
recording something. We are often out doing atlas or other work like that
and I want to be aware of all that is around me.
Of course the point of my recording is identification CDs and I am sure thi=
s
is a great part of my headphone choice. I use a parabola even though it
trashes some of the sounds from the sides and backs because my main focus i=
s
on the one critter vocalizing.
Syd is right, however - has to be a female thing - after all we have to
listen to multiple conversations with kids all the time. If we couldn't I
doubt our species would have survived. And most wives will tell you that
there is insurmountable proof that husbands cannot even listen to ONE
conversation 8-)
Barb Beck
Edmonton
-----Original Message-----
From: Syd Curtis
Sent: March 1, 2004 1:27 AM
To:
Subject: [Nature Recordists] Headphones: to seal or not to seal?
Here we have two opposing preferences, and I think I know why. My wife can
happily listen to two simultaneous conversations and get the sense of both
of them. If I try, I don't get either of the two. And I think this is a
pretty general male/female thing.
Syd Curtis
> From: Dan Dugan <>
> Reply-To:
> Date: Sun, 29 Feb 2004 19:13:06 -0800
> To:
> Subject: Re: [Nature Recordists] Beginner
>
> Vicki Powys, you wrote,
>
>> I know some people do use sealed headphones, but personally I can't stan=
d
>> them! I use open-air headphones with no feedback problems. In the fiel=
d
I
>> can also hear what is happening in reality, as well as what I'm
recording.
>> If I need a directional cue I simply turn back the headphone volume to 0
>> (which doesn't affect the recording level), then I can hear what else is
>> happening around me.
>
> I'm of the opposite school, I want to exclude the real sound so I can
> be fully aware of what my mics are hearing. I use Sony earplugs that
> block the ear canal completely. I've heard the Etymotic Research
> earplug phones are flatter, but more expensive.
>
> -Dan Dugan
"Microphones are not ears,
Loudspeakers are not birds,
A listening room is not nature."
Klas Strandberg
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