Re: (idm) Headphones

From Greg Clow
Sent Wed, Jun 9th 1999, 16:47


On Wed, 9 Jun 1999, Trung Chan Vuong wrote:

> Hi, sorry for the non-idm content. I recently purchased a Sennheiser HD 490
> headphone because I know Sennheiser is praised for its headphone.  But the
> ones I got, the volume output level is pretty low.  Even when I crank up my
> discman to the max, I can still hear the noise on the moving bus.  I was
> just wondering if this is normal with most Sennheiser headphone, and if
> you've got a pair of HD 490, even better, you can tell it to me straight if
> I got a bad pair or all of them have low volume output.  Thanks!

I bought the same model for myself about a month or so back, and I noticed
the same thing when I use it with my Discman - although my Discman is an
old peice o' shit, so I thought that might be part of the reason. They're
wonderful for home/office listening and for using at the station when I'm
doing my show, but not as loud as I would like for mobile use.

Then again, it's probably better for my hearing this way. :)


Greg