Need summer headphones solution

MikePenn68 said:

I am in Pennsylvania and I am already having issues with heat and sweat with my headphones. I love the sound of my Grey Ghost Ultimates but the summer will be too hot. I have tried my Iphone 4s ear buds and a $20 pair of Scull Candy ear buds with my AT Pro and the Z Lynk and the buds with a 1/4" adaptor. The sound was not loud enough even with the Z Lynk volume and ear bud volume at full, the Scull Candy has no volume adjustment. Is there a known brand that is good for this application, possibly with a low impedance to allow maximum volume?

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MrNovice said:

Try these with the Z Lynk: http://www.bestbuy.com/site/jvc-marshmallow-earbud-headphones-black/1997702.p?skuId=1997702

No volume control other than on the Z Lynk, but they are loud even at 32 ohm. Garrett is near me and I went up and talked to one of the engineers there about the Z Lynk, because originally I thought I would need low impedance to match the resistance for the sound to be louder or "optimal", but it doesn't matter that much. If worse came to worse and you tried to pair 600 ohm "studio earbuds" up with the Z Lynk, it would just drain the battery much faster trying to push a load through them.

My problem turned out to be a junky 1/4 inch to 3.5mm adapter from Fleabay.
Bought another new adapter (from a real store, $2) and bought the JVC's listed above for $10 and they can blow your eardrums out if the volume is set too high. They are cushy and soft in the ears too, haven't tried another pair since and between me, the wifey and 5 kids...we have earbuds of all types out the whazoo.

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dca2 said:

I have been using Ultimate Grey Ghost for the last 2 years. I do like them.

Problem is summer in NE Louisiana gets 90-100+. I'm not above earbuds, but I'm in the habit of setting my detector down to the side when I dig and I don't need buds falling out every time. I'm thinking extension cable with earbuds.

Suggestions and experiences, please.

Dave

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Gib said:

Bluetooth operates on rf (2.4GHz). The lag isn't because of the frequency, it's because it wasn't originally intended to transmit sound. You get lag because it has to compress an audio signal, and the headphones have to decompress it. Some codecs used in bluetooth are better than others for metal detecting, but both transmitter and receiver have to be able to utilize them. I think the most useful is apt-x.

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dca2 said:

Just realized that my transmitter has the APT-X codec but my earbuds don't. I have ordered some earbuds that support APT-X and will report back once I get a chance to use them.......

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Gib said:

Bluetooth operates on rf (2.4GHz). The lag isn't because of the frequency, it's because it wasn't originally intended to transmit sound. You get lag because it has to compress an audio signal, and the headphones have to decompress it. Some codecs used in bluetooth are better than others for metal detecting, but both transmitter and receiver have to be able to utilize them. I think the most useful is apt-x.

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NectarDetector said:

I never knew ears could sweat until I used headphones for detecting in the south hahhaha... About the only thing you can really do is try ear buds.

I know people say headphones matter yada yada, but for 95% of the targets you go over, ear buds will let you hear them, and if you try the Apple Air Pods, they have the absolute BEST sound to them of any ear buds I have ever worn.

I have found that cheap headphones with foam ear pieces are also good for those 98% humidity days as they let your ears breathe unlike say garretts over the ear headphones... Ear buds or those with light foam is bout all ya can do in instances like this...or no headphones at all....

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DMP said:

2.4gh refers to the power of the signal...

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