On Thu, 10 Dec 2015 23:07:51 -0700, Don Y
wrote:

On 12/10/2015 10:07 PM, wrote:
On Thu, 10 Dec 2015 20:42:04 -0700, 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.

I can't stand ear buds but I have a 900mz head set that works 2 houses
away when I am walking the dog. I did cheat and put the antenna on the
roof. It still works anywhere in the house and yard.

Range isn't the problem. Rather, there is a difficult to quantify
problem with dead spots -- as if nulls in the antenna pattern.
So, I can move my head and pass through a null (momentarily) which
manifests as a "fuzz out". Or, get up and walk into the kitchen and
have (apparently) "random" fuzz-outs along the way. Yet, never be able
to identify specific places where the problem repeats.

I want to get one of my ham buddies to help me make a better antenna
although 900 mz works pretty good with nothing but a wire the right
length.

I have an old, 900MHz DSS cordless phone:

http://www.amazon.com/EnGenius-SN920ULTRA-Expandable-Cordless-Phone/dp/B000056V7S

that allows me to remain connected to our land line virtually anywhere
in the neighborhood (which is about 400 single family, detached homes)
from a "base unit" sitting in the "furnace closet". I had considered
installing a roof-mount antenna but figured it wasn't going to give me
any more *useable* range (unless I wanted to carry a handset up to the
grocery store??)

This allows each of us (SWMBO + myself) to remain connected to The House
(not just The Phone) so we can "command it" (e.g., "Close garage door",
"Shut off water on lemon tree", etc.) in addition to remaining connected
to each other -- and The Telephone *without* being in the house, at the
time.

E.g., if we're working in the yard and wander over to visit with a
neighbor -- leaving the garage open as we've been fetching yard tools
from within -- we can answer incoming calls as well as command the
garage door closed if the neighbor invites us "in" to see some new
purchase of theirs, etc. Or, if I'm on the other side of the
neighborhood and SWMBO wants to ask me a question (i.e., use the
"page handset" feature) or vice versa. Or, is wondering why I've been
gone so long (ans: encountered another neighbor and am having a visit
with them)

Why would you think a head set would "fuzz out" any more than a phone?
Mine doesn't seem to fuzz out until I am down the street a ways.
Anywhere around the house and yard it is locked in pretty well unless
the batteries are dying.