Dear Kevin, If these are in-the-ear earbuds, please be careful. Some malfunction in the radio leading to a very loud sound could wreck your ears before you could get them out / off. I never use in-ear earbuds with electronic equipment other than well-behaved iPhone type things.
Oliver W6ODJ On 30 Jan. 2012, at 7:36 PM, kevinr <kev...@coho.net> wrote: > I have been using earbuds with my K3 for about a year. I experimented > with three sets of headphones and seven pairs of earbuds. Since I am a > CW op I don't need great fidelity. On my first pass through all the > transducers I found the earbuds outperformed the headphones. Two of the > headphones and three of the earbuds are high quality and great for > music. But those were the ones I eliminated from my tests in the first > pass since they just did not work for my purpose very well. I was left > with one set of headphones and four sets of earbuds. It came down to > two earbuds which I can use comfortably for hours. They also allow me > to dig just a little deeper into the noise. The ones I chose were not > the cheapest nor the most expensive. Another benefit of the earbuds is > easy storage and the little space they use. Easy to pack for an outdoor > setup too. > 73, > Kevin. KD5ONS > > > On 10/30/2012 12:07 PM, Bill wrote: >> This is not strictly a K3 question, however as all I use these days is >> my K3 - I figure it applies. >> >> Does anyone use earbuds as an alternative to headphones? Pros/cons? >> Satisfaction? Cheap or expensive? >> >> Thanks, >> >> Bill W2BLC >> >> > > ______________________________________________________________ > Elecraft mailing list > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net > > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net > Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html > ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
