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Old February 4th 10, 09:07 AM posted to uk.rec.audio
Arny Krueger
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Default Wireless headphones

"Iain Churches" wrote in message

"Gordon MacPherson"
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Are there any wireless headphones available that are
anwhere close to Hi-Fi? My speakers are Monitor Audio
RX6s and my Amp is a NAD 355BEE. I mainly listen to
classical


Sennheiser RS140. Highly recommended
http://www.sennheiser.co.uk/uk/home_...dphones_009926


I have a pair, and they are IMO marginal for people with normal hearing due
to their marginal dynamic range.

From the reference above:

68 dBA


68 dB A weighted is kinda vinyl-like. If you don't hear surface noise with
vinyl, the RS140s are for you. Otherwise, you may sense that some really
good (digital) sources are a bit degraded at times.

It's easy to hook these up so that the dynamic range is even worse - use the
supplied headphone jack adaptor.

I drive mine with a fixed audio signal that is at a much higher level, and
that made them barely acceptable for watching TV and the like.

Sennheiser has just introduced a new line of headphones that use a digitally
modulated, not analog modulated means of transmission. Probably worth the
extra bucks.

The other thing is that the Sennheiser wireless headphones are based on some
of their mid-priced"open air" transducers with relatively small elements.
No way are you going to get the wonderful tone of the HD 600s or the
accuracy and isolation of HD 280s.