FM transmitters as headphone monitors

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Has anyone tried or been sucessful with this type of monitoring for
headphones.

I do not have a headphone distribution amp in my home studio so I'm
looking for alternatives. I have headphones and a 6 channel headphone
splitter that drains the volume from different ohm'ed headphones... I
get by.

With the cheap FM transmitters and the wireless headphones with
receivers that are put out with Ipods and the like, this seems like a
solution. There are probably problems with good reception, poor sound
quality headphones and more.

Has anyone tried this? Is it sucessful?
I think this could be great for large choirs if each one had a walkman
with headphones.

Any thoughts? or am I silly?

Mur

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In article <42fd8e6c.9263828@news.ham.ihug.co.nz> hinemurS-P-A-M-@ihug.co.nz writes:

> With the cheap FM transmitters and the wireless headphones with
> receivers that are put out with Ipods and the like, this seems like a
> solution. There are probably problems with good reception, poor sound
> quality headphones and more.

That's probably true, but there are some consumer-grade wireless
headphones that have been reported to be not too bad. I think it was
David Josephson who recommended a JVC model that cost about $100. I
suppose that if you find the right dealer (one who understands what
he's selling and doesn't just buy cheap lots, or lots, cheap) you can
order extra headsets. Sennheiser is also a good bet.

> I think this could be great for large choirs if each one had a walkman
> with headphones.

A friend of mine recorded a large choir who all wanted headphones. He
built up a string of distribution boxes with six mini jacks or so each
strung along a cable about every six feet. Everything was wired in
parallel. He connected this to a spare power amplifier and fed it with
the mix that they wanted to sing to. (In this case, it was an existing
recording) He told everyone to bring at least one set of walkman-style
headphones, more if they could spare them. He started the track
playing, had them plug in, and trade off headsets until everyone was
comfortable with the volume level they were hearing. It only took
about 15 minutes before everyone was happy and ready to record. It
took an afternoon of wiring, but cost less than 30 sets of headphones
and everyone had fun.



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