Headphones for computer: how to choose?

There are two main groups of headphones for a computer: with a microphone and without. Headphones for a computer with a microphone aredemand for fans of online games, online communication via Skype. Headphones for a computer without a microphone, as a rule, are chosen by those who do not want to interfere with the surrounding loud music.

The headphones for the computer come in various types:

• headphones, completely covering the ear;


• headphones, superimposed on the auricle;


• headphones placed directly into the auditory canal.

When you select headphones for your computer,complex to consider the advantages and disadvantages of each model. So, ear-phones closing ear, consist of several basic parts: cups of ear-phones, ear-cups, an arch, a cable.

Headphone cups for a computer are, sosay, their "heart". They contain all the electronic "stuffing", which is responsible for the device's performance, and it is the device of the earphone cups that determines the sound quality.

Headphones for a computer are selected, as a rule, based on several basic parameters:

• frequency range;


• resistance;


• sensitivity of headphones;


• noise insulation level;


• comfort.

A parameter such as frequency range (amplitude-frequency response), many users are rated as one of the most important. However, the sense of this characteristic of headphones for a computer is not always correctly understood.

The amplitude-frequency characteristic (AFC) shows the relationship between the loudness of a sound and its frequency as a certain curve. The more "even" this curve is, the "cleaner" the sound of any frequency reproduces.

In practice, producers point to their ownthe frequency range within which the AFC curve is the most "linear". In this case, the numbers of the upper and lower limits of this range will not tell the consumer anything about the nature of the curve itself, and therefore it is difficult to judge by this parameter about the sound quality.

Resistance Is a more revealing characteristicheadphones for the computer. The resistance "responds" to the power of the sound source: the higher it is, the more powerful the source is needed to connect the headphones. In addition, the greater the resistance, the less the source's influence on sound quality.

Thus, when choosing headphones for a computer withit should be remembered that they need to be connected to a powerful source of sound, otherwise, in addition to music or human speech itself, various earplugs can be heard in such headphones: crackling, rustling, noise of the amplifier, etc.

Headphone sensitivity, to put it in simple words, shows how loud the sound can produce headphones for the computer. The higher the sensitivity, the higher the volume.

Sound insulation level headphones is determined by their design. There are so-called closed and open headphones for the computer. AT closed headphones the cups fit tightly to the ears, the outside of the cup is covered with a cap: the sound from the headphones can not be heard by others, and at the same time the person in the headphones does not hear the sounds from outside.

Open headphones for computer have a mesh cover or a "hole in the hole" outside - in such headphones, the sound insulation is low.

Comfort headphones - subjective parameter and difficult to givecalculus. So, some consumers prefer headphones with a self-adjusting shackle, others prefer a sliding bow or cast. The ear pads can be made in the form of a roller covering the ear, and also be overhead, i. E. Adhere to the ear - what to choose, everyone decides on their own.

The length and arrangement of the cable or even itsThe presence / absence is also for many a comfort option for headphones. The fact is that on the one hand the possibility of free movement around the room without a cable significantly expands the capabilities of headphones, and on the other - imposes certain restrictions on the time of use.

Earphones with cable can cause discomfort due to insufficient cable length. In this case, you can purchase an extension cable.