headphone recommendations

[mark@markscoleman.com]

Greetings,

I am hoping that some of you frequent travelers can recommend a decent set
of headphones for music/DVD viewing on an airplane. Ideally a good mix of
portability and reasonable price would be great.

Many thanks!

-Mark

[Charles Bouldin]

In article <20030724150034810-0700@news.la.sbcglobal.net>,
matt neuburg <matt@tidbits.com> wrote:

> In <x4YTa.136619$N7.19846@sccrnsc03> [email]mark@markscoleman.com[/email] wrote:

> > Greetings,
> >
> > I am hoping that some of you frequent travelers can recommend a decent
> > set of headphones for music/DVD viewing on an airplane. Ideally a good
> > mix of portability and reasonable price would be great.

>
> The noise-cancelling type are best on an airplane. m.

The best are etymotic "canal phones", headphones crossed with earplugs.

These are the best noise isolation you can get, pretty much a frequency
independent 25-30 dB, whereas the active feedback noise cancelling
variety only cancel low frequencies. This is both good and bad, in that
you can still hear voices pretty clearly with the anti-sound variety. If
you want to retain some awareness of your surroundings, the anti-sound
variety are fine, although they aren't very good headphones.

If you want -total- isolation check out the etymotics. Shure makes a
similar product, Koss makes one called "the plug" and Sony also makes a
canal phone. However, if you want really great sound, the ety's are the
ones. See:

head-fi.org
headroom.headphone.com

or just google on etymotic. These aren't cheap; the budget line is $120,
the top is $250. Worth it, though. And they are very compact, no bigger
than the iPod ear buds and vastly better, in addition to the isolation.


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[Cathy Stevenson]

In article <x4YTa.136619$N7.19846@sccrnsc03>, <mark@markscoleman.com>
wrote:

> Greetings,
>
> I am hoping that some of you frequent travelers can recommend a decent set
> of headphones for music/DVD viewing on an airplane. Ideally a good mix of
> portability and reasonable price would be great.
>
> Many thanks!
>
> -Mark

For plane travel, I use the Sony canal phones. They are inexpensive
and block out cabin/engine noise adequately - given the price and
portability.

If I am going to be staying at the destination for vacation, I also
have Grado external headphones (they were about $70), which are
excellent. They are somewhat unwieldy annd bulky for carry-on use.

Cathy

--
"there's a dance or two in the old dame yet." - mehitabel

C.Stevenson, M.D.
[email]cats1921@sonic.net[/email]

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> > I am hoping that some of you frequent travelers can recommend a decent set

> > of headphones for music/DVD viewing on an airplane. Ideally a good mix of
> > portability and reasonable price would be great.

Straying further off topic, but since the thread's been started and I
have an immediate interest: Any recommendations for an upmarket
HEADPHONE FM RADIO?

* Over-the-top-of-the-head type headband (preferably two)

* Digital FM tuning, preferably with presets

* Cushioned/padded earphones, not just ear inserts

Sony has a model like this (the "something-55"), but it's gotten
critical user reviews.