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Re: headphones for use on field

Subject: Re: headphones for use on field
From: "Klas Strandberg" klasstrandberg
Date: Wed May 29, 2013 2:02 pm ((PDT))
Congrats Chris, both for the wonderful evaluation below of why a kind
of headphone is better than another, and for your Beyer DT 770. I
think they are as good as DT 990.

Klas

At 20:59 2013-05-28, you wrote:
>Welcome Manuel !
>
>I think it really depends upon your needs. (and as David said you
>will not get consistent answers from the group with this as a basis).
>
>I regard myself as a pragmatic person and am a hunter-gatherer
>recordist who wanders around with a Telinga parabola for 90% of my
>recording time.
>
>My needs are: 1) to follow my dermatologist`s instructions to wear a
>wide hat at all times as I have had more than my life-time allowance
>of solar radiation; 2) to monitor "loudness" to ensure I am pointing
>at my target individual; 3)to make sure that my recorder is set at a
>suitable level to ensure the recording is usable when I get home; 4)
>to be able to hear what is going on around me so I do not miss anything.
>
>For this, based on wise advice from this group many years ago, I use
>Sony MDR-WO8L in the field because: 1) they go under my hat, 2)
>easily pulled in and out of my ears, 3) are sufficient quality for
>levels and directionality, 4) allow me to know what is going on
>around me, and 5) when I break them/wear them out (about every 1-2
>years) they cost about $10 to replace. I am so keen on these I have
>a small stock a home I bought on the internet (I can carry a spare
>in my rucksack). But of course they are not "quality" headphones,
>but I do not need that in the field.
>
>At home for editing I use a pair of Beyer-Dynamic DT 770pro which
>are a completely different kettle of fish but not something I can
>afford/want to carry in the field to get wet and snag on branches or
>get yanked when I trip over a tree stump !
>
>Hope this helps.
>
>Chris
>http://www.wildechoes.org
>
>
>
>--- In 
>"manuelsanchez_clandestinebird" <> wrote:
> >
> > Hi everybody,
> >
> > This is my 1st post here. Thanks for let me in.
> >
> > According with you which brand of headphones are the best to use
> on field recordings.
> >
> >
>
>
>
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>
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>sound is worth a thousand pictures." R. Murray Schafer via Bernie Krause.
>
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>
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