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Title: headphones Post by: markld3 on November 27, 2013, 09:49:46 PM is there any difference between detector headphones and a good pair of headphones you would plug in to the old gramaphone ;)
Title: Re: headphones Post by: Tafflaff (Rob) on November 27, 2013, 09:59:31 PM Huge difference, but also depends on the machine that you are using. A simple beep and dig machine you just need good volume and comfort, with multi tone machines you have got to have headphones that differentiate between the subtleties of tone.
Now I'll just let chef tell you that in Cheflish. Title: Re: headphones Post by: Dryland on November 27, 2013, 10:01:12 PM Cheflish ha ha ha ha ha ha ;D ;D
Title: Re: headphones Post by: prmorgan on November 27, 2013, 10:15:19 PM :D HI there as Headphones go there is no difference between detector headphones or any other pair of full ear covered headphones apart from if your looking for quality phones you need 32ohms headphones as these are crystal clear compared to the set that you may pick up from Argos from £9.99 it the ohms rating you need as this will stop the speakers from crackling at the frequency range you detector will use. one more thing is that you will need a set that has full ear covering as this will stop wind noise around the ears on that winters day, A good idea is to look on ebay for a set of second hand professional musician headphones no beat box please. last thing go for a set with volume control.
Title: Re: headphones Post by: Chef Geoff on November 27, 2013, 11:20:30 PM Hi Mark, In the sense that all headphones make a noise then the answer would be no there is no difference but there are factors that can and do make a difference but just a correction to prmorgans post, ohms are not one of them! Ohm ratings are one of the urban myths of metal detecting, ohms can be important if we are talking about matching a Bang & Olufsen system to speakers but the tonal range and quality produced by a metal detector is at best, basic and so have little to no effect on the sound that reaches your ears. I can take 12 different makes of speakers all with the same ohm rating and tech spec and they will all sound different and so the speaker tone or "colour of the tone" is the most important when matching headphones to machines.
The Chefphones range uses 16, 32, 64 and 150 ohm speakers in the different models, the tones of which are adapted to certain machines by the shape of the ear cup that they sit in. So that's the ohms out of the way. The benefit of metal detecting headphones over normal home stereo headphones is also a curly lead (preferably replaceable) a volume control, a right side cable entry (if you're right handed) and the fact that they will be water resistant and are generally just tougher. I hope that helps ;) Title: Re: headphones Post by: Chef Geoff on November 27, 2013, 11:42:10 PM This is a link to a thread I started a while back with some advice regarding headphones ;)
http://www.detectingwales.com/index.php?topic=5469.msg51313#msg51313 (http://www.detectingwales.com/index.php?topic=5469.msg51313#msg51313) Title: Re: headphones Post by: markld3 on November 28, 2013, 09:37:45 AM Ok chaps thanks for the replies, looks like a bit of research will be required before I go any further. ;)
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