Choosing high -quality headphones is not so easy. These characteristics on boxes with goods often only confuse the buyer more. Therefore, it is better to hear a sound in headphones once than read information about them a hundred times. Nevertheless, the main criteria can be highlighted by which this difficult choice can be facilitated.
How to choose headphones
The purpose of the headphones
You must clearly know what they will connect to, to a portable player, stationary computer, smartphone, and so on. This will solve the main question- what headphones will be necessary: computer, which are dressed on the head (“overhead”), portable, which are inserted into the ears (the so-called “liners”), domestic, or Hi-fi headphones.
Specifications
According to this parameter, the frequency range, headphone sensitivity, distortion, resistance is determined.
The frequency range is very important when choosing good headphones. It affects the sound quality- with its imperfection, you will hear a crack, hissing at high or low frequencies. Determine the increased sound quality is easy, look at the membrane if its diameter is from 30mm, do not hesitate in good sound quality. According to this parameter, of course, overhead headphones are leading. The value of the frequency range will indicate to you the quality of sound, it should be from 18-20000Hz. If the range is narrower, refuse to buy such headphones.
Sensitivity and resistance – two main parameters of headphones. They will help you decide on the volume indicators of headphones. Sensitivity (or efficiency of headphones) affects the volume of sound. Read carefully the characteristic- the larger the value (at least 100dB), the higher the sound will be. This parameter is especially relevant for headphone headphones.
Resistance will help determine the possibility of using headphones with other sources. The greater the resistance, the more powerful source will be needed for headphones. Moreover, the influence of the source itself on the sound will be minimal.
How to choose headphones
Acoustic design
This criterion for choosing headphones wears not only aesthetic, but also functional load. The design of the headphones is divided into “closed”, “open” and “half -open” (“intermediate”). Closed headphones are suitable for those lovers of music who wants to completely abstract from the outside world. Such headphones do not miss any external sounds. These are big headphones that cover the whole ear. In them, you hear music only you, those around you will not hear anything.
Headphones in which the outer wall is all in “holes” are called open, they allow you to hear what is happening around, and others can hear sounds from your headphones. It is believed that open headphones play better than closed, in which resonance can be created.
“Half -open” headphones have semi -closed holes, their sound muffled. Closure and openness are characteristic of both overhead headphones and “liners”.
How to choose headphones
Comfort and reliability
Here you can evaluate the headphones by using them “in business”: put on your head, evaluate their convenience, how they are sitting, what is their design of the head. Headphones-lodges often rub your ears, if you often listen to music for a long time, it is better to choose overhead headphones. Determine the weight of the headphones, whether they can evenly distribute the severity on your head. Such trifles such as the volume control on the cord, storage box and the like, will also help to enjoy listening to your favorite musical compositions.
These are the main criteria by which you can choose the right headphones for yourself. If the choice is still complicated and it is difficult for you to decide, take a disk with a record of classical music with you to the store (it will be ideal, composition with piano, unaccompanied). In the headphones you must hear a pure sound, without rattling and hum, as if in the center of the head. If this test is perfect, feel free to buy the headphones you have chosen.
