Try some in-the-ear phones, instead of over-the-ear, at least for CW
where you don't need a mic attached. My current favorite is the Sony
MDR-W08. They weigh about a half an ounce and cost under $10!
Between these phones and my Herman Miller Aeron chair, I contest in
total comfort.
Barry, W2UP
On 18 Mar 2004 RICHARD BOYD wrote:
> I made a discovery on the perpetual problem of wearing glasses and
> headphones at the same time -- the discomfort you get where the
> headphones press on your ears, which press on your glasses behind your
> ear.
>
> I have a pair of glasses I really like(d), which was relatively new,
> but one of the "arms" broke off -- not the screw falling out so that
> it could be repaired, but it actually broke off, so it's basically
> unrepairable. The lenses are still unscratched, etc. Bummer.
>
> Though this is not true of all pairs, this pair actually stays pretty
> straight on my face with just one "arm." I found this means there is
> no headphone/ear fatigue on the side with no "arm." If I had two
> pairs, one with an arm on one side and the other with the arm on the
> other side, I could swap them occasionally, and cut in half the time
> that either ear has to endure this discomfort.
>
> I suppose a pince-nez type of glasses would totally solve it, though
> perhaps with an increase in "nose fatigue." hi.
>
> 73
>
> Rich Boyd, KE3Q
>
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