Headphones With Differential Volume Control

[alanclare]

Does anyone have a experience of using headphones which can have different volumes in the two earpieces, at least one of which is adjustable?

Alan

[Dick Rector]

Because I am almost deaf on one side, I use a Behringer P 1 personal in-ear monitor amplifier for my headset. It has a balance and volume knop. I set the balance and volume to my liking without having to fiddle with the left-right balance or volume of the keyboard. Works as a dream and is a cheap but professional solution. On stage artists use them for hearing themselves if the band is loud. Battery and mains operated.

[alanclare]

Thanks Dick

You say "battery and mains". Battery is a 9v (quite expensive). Does it have a socket for a 9v supply from a transformer?

Alan

[MarkF_48]

Sennheiser used to make a headphone volume control which also had a balance feature to adjust left/right volume. It's a passive device and uses no batteries and does not provide any gain. Unfortunately discontinued.
https://www.amazon.com/Sennheiser-HZR-62-Stereo-Volume-Control/dp/B000H0K8VY/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=electronics&qid=1275937961&sr=8-1

I'll look around a bit and see there something else similar.

Ther Behringer P1 mentioned can use an 9vdc AC adapter. The inputs are XLR which would likely need adapters to connect to your keyboard .
https://www.amazon.com/Behringer-P1-BEHRINGER-POWERPLAY/dp/B00GRKXRMK

[tyrosaurus]

The Sennheiser HZR-62 is still listed from a seller in France on Amazon.co.uk  ...

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Sennheiser-HZR62-Stereo-Volume-Control-black/dp/B000H0K8VY

This is not an amplifier and no batteries needed, but from some of the customer reviews it seems that the cable is very long, and that occasionally it may need opening up to clean it's potentiometer tracks!


Regards

Ian

[MarkF_48]

Another option might be the Behringer AMP800 https://www.amazon.com/Behringer-AMP800-Four-Channel-Headphone/dp/B000KU87SM

Maybe overkill, but has two inputs both which have balance controls, one input which could be used for your primary keyboard and another which could be another keyboard, CD player, etc. Has balanced  line outputs which could be sent to a set of powered speakers or a recording device.

This small Behringer mixer would as well allow left/right volume control via it's line inputs balance knobs.....  https://www.amazon.com/Behringer-502-BEHRINGER-XENYX/dp/B000J5UEGQ/ref=sr_1_4?s=musical-instruments&ie=UTF8&qid=1531663956&sr=1-4&keywords=behringer+mixer

[alanclare]

Mark

"Maybe overkill...." 12 knobs and about as many sockets. It might well be a bit too much for me.

Ian

The Sennheiser looks to be about my level of competence. I'll order one from France once Bosnia have beaten them in the Workd Cup final.

Thank you all.

Alan

[tyrosaurus]

Hi Alan,

If you do get a HZR62, please let me know what you think.

I might get one myself although I would prefer to have something with a bit of amplification since my hearing 'comes and goes'! 


Regards

Ian

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[alanclare]

Hi Alan,

If you do get a HZR62, please let me know what you think.

Regards

Ian

Ian

Shall do.

Alan

[Dick Rector]

Thanks Dick

You say "battery and mains". Battery is a 9v (quite expensive). Does it have a socket for a 9v supply from a transformer?

Alan

Yes it does, that's how I use it.

[alanclare]

Because I am almost deaf on one side, I use a Behringer P 1 personal in-ear monitor amplifier for my headset. It has a balance and volume knop. I set the balance and volume to my liking without having to fiddle with the left-right balance or volume of the keyboard. Works as a dream and is a cheap but professional solution. On stage artists use them for hearing themselves if the band is loud. Battery and mains operated.

Dick

What connections do have between the keyboard and the Behringer P1? If it's a simple matter then I'm going to invest.

Alan

[Dick Rector]

Dick

What connections do have between the keyboard and the Behringer P1? If it's a simple matter then I'm going to invest.

Alan

Alan, in fact very simple. It uses the standard 3 pin Canon connectors. Line out keyboard - line in P1. I use the headphones out of the P1 for my headset.

[alanclare]

Alan, in fact very simple. It uses the standard 3 pin Canon connectors. Line out keyboard - line in P1. I use the headphones out of the P1 for my headset.

Dick

It sounds as if you're in a similar situation to my own. I have a conventional hearing aid in one ear doing the oh-so-common corrections for people of my generation. The other ear is more complicated. It used to be similarly equipped until a dolt of a doctor prescribed some ear drops to get rid of a bacterial infection. The drops were successful, but they also bored a hole in the ear drum, of diameter approximately a quarter that of the drum itself. The middle ear bits and pieces were intact, but with no drum to make them rattle - virtually no hearing at all in that ear.

I resorted to a pair of Shokz bone-transmission headphones. Pretty rubbishy sound, but I put up with it. However, I have now reached the stage in my relationship with my s970 where I really need to hear what I'm doing. I'm going to make a start by using your set-up. It's very reasonably priced and won't break my personal bank.

Thanks a lot for your responses and your time.

Alan

[Dick Rector]

Dick

It sounds as if you're in a similar situation to my own. I have a conventional hearing aid in one ear doing the oh-so-common corrections for people of my generation. The other ear is more complicated. It used to be similarly equipped until a dolt of a doctor prescribed some ear drops to get rid of a bacterial infection. The drops were successful, but they also bored a hole in the ear drum, of diameter approximately a quarter that of the drum itself. The middle ear bits and pieces were intact, but with no drum to make them rattle - virtually no hearing at all in that ear.

I resorted to a pair of Shokz bone-transmission headphones. Pretty rubbishy sound, but I put up with it. However, I have now reached the stage in my relationship with my s970 where I really need to hear what I'm doing. I'm going to make a start by using your set-up. It's very reasonably priced and won't break my personal bank.

Thanks a lot for your responses and your time.

Alan

Alan, without going into medical jargon, I had an in-ear 'stroke' in my left ear and lost 95% of the hearing. Right ear is not so good either but with this setup at least I can hear more or less what I want to hear. Back to 100%... forget it. For the rest my gin and tonic taste as always.
Have fun.
Dick

[alanclare]

Dick

I apologise for keeping this topic alive, but the audio outputs from my s970 are standard phone plugs, not Casio 3-pin connectors.

Alan

[Dick Rector]

Alan, not your line out that is a 3 pin standard plug (stereo). You need a cable one side that standard plug and the other side a Canon (not Casio) 3 pin plug. Any electronic shop will have them or can make it for you. Nothing to do with headphone plugs.

[Dick Rector]

Alan, not your line out on the back that is a 3 pin standard plug (stereo). You need a cable one side that standard plug and the other side a Canon (not Casio) 3 pin plug for Line In. Any electronic shop will have them or can make it for you. Nothing to do with headphone plugs.

[alanclare]

Sorry Dick. I have no idea why I wrote Casio instead of Canon. Canon 3-pin male connectors are what I've been looking at,

Alan

[alanclare]

Dick

Before I start drilling holes and hacksawing slots, can I ask where you've positioned your Powerplay P1?


Alan

[Dick Rector]

I attached it with tiewraps to my double-stand.
See pictures.
But in fact I hardly touch it after the first setting. Volume I use the volumeknob on the keyboard so it can sit anywhere as long as the cables are long enough.

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[alanclare]

Thanks Dick. I can't do that because I've got the Music rest with an iPad Pro on it there. But your hub has given me an idea. I've got a 4-way switchable hub which looks similar to yours. I might be able to strap the P100 to it. Luckily,  the Behringer HPX2000 (another of your recommendations) have got a good length of lead.

Alan

[alanclare]

I've used the hefty belt clip on the back of the P100. The cables are promised by this afternoon and the power supply by the weekend. I've got plenty of 9v batteries.

https://app.box.com/s/an7961xt3mitcniehllukwkcb87n9dgd

Alan

[alanclare]

Dick

What can I say? Just thank you, thank you. For your patience and for your great assistance. I've just connected it up for the first time, took my hearing aids out and loaded a Bossa Nova style that I've been working on. It was a shock hearing all the instruments of the band not only clearly, but some of them for the first time.

To anyone out there who has a similar problem with asymmetrical hearing, this gear doesn't cost very much and to say it's worth it, is understating it.

Thanks again, Dick.

Alan

[Toril S]

That's great, Alan!!

[Dick Rector]

Dick

What can I say? Just thank you, thank you. For your patience and for your great assistance. I've just connected it up for the first time, took my hearing aids out and loaded a Bossa Nova style that I've been working on. It was a shock hearing all the instruments of the band not only clearly, but some of them for the first time.

To anyone out there who has a similar problem with asymmetrical hearing, this gear doesn't cost very much and to say it's worth it, is understating it.

Thanks again, Dick.

Alan

Glad to hear you got the gear working and happy with it and I was able to help you. I am using it now for about a year and couldn't play anymore without it. Isn't this what this great forum is all about? I had so much help over the years from others.

Have fun Alan with the new toys! Boys need toys!

Regards, Dick

[alanclare]

Isn't this what this great forum is all about? I had so much help over the years from others.

I'm often reminded of those beautiful words from the Church of England's marriage service where the priest reminds the congregation of the reasons why we have such an institution.

"The mutual society, help, and comfort, that the one ought to have of the other, ..."

Alan