On 12/10/2015 10:06 PM, Uncle Monster wrote:
On Thursday, December 10, 2015 at 9:41:54 PM UTC-6, Don Y wrote:
On 12/10/2015 8:01 PM, Ed Pawlowski wrote:
On 12/10/2015 6:26 PM, Don Y wrote:

I'd much rather listen to music but that seems to interfere with
SWMBO's sleep -- she can tune out a movie but not music (well, not
*my* music! : )

Certainly easy enough to do with earbuds, RF headphones and assorted
music sources.

Earbuds leave me tethered to a spot; I have three "dual" worstations that
surround me while working -- so, I am continuously in motion moving
between them. Corded headphones (much prefered to the little earbuds)
suffer from a similar fate.

I've tried RF headphones but they have "flat spots" where reception
"fuzzes out" -- which means I have to remain in a "sweet spot" or be
continually bothered by the drop outs.

Ir headphones might work. My BT headphones are too small to give good
reproduction -- and not small enough to fit into the ear canal where they
can get enhanced base response by coupling directly to the structures in
the ear.

During daylight hours, the preferred way of listening is with a little
"console" that gives me the freedom of motion coupled with reasonably good
reproduction. Or, with earbuds and a PMP while taking my daily walk..

Check out this Bluetooth headset that I bought from Amazon. It has about a
60 foot range and I use it to listen to streaming radio from my computer
when I roll into the bathroom and I also use it to make phone calls through
the computer. The rechargeable headset is of surprisingly good quality for
the price. The headset folds up and is the type with the strap goes behind
your head. ^_^

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00CBNG10C

That *looks* identical to my BT headset -- though I don't see the same logo
on the earpiece. One earpiece has 5 buttons (a 4-way plus a center) that
is used to adjust volume, pair and select programs.

But, it's small (diameter) so not very good on reproducing low
frequencies. It also clips around the *back* of the head (instead
of over-the-top) which isn't comfortable, for me.

I much prefer real headphones (Sennheiser, Koss) unless I'm walking.
For earbuds, I have over-the-ear mounts that don't need to be
WEDGED into the ear canal. But, when seated at my workstations,
the cord gets in the way (physically) as well as limiting my range of
motion (there's no place where it can be plugged in that will still give
me 270 degrees of motion in my chair)