Is the quality of headphones important?

[mark_james]

My friend and I have been using the Advanced focus 10 track, he is using 150$ Bose headphones,and I'm just using the ones that came along with my mp3 player. Should I upgrade, or does it really matter what kind of headphones you use as long as they are stereo?

[ButterflyWoman]

I use fairly inexpensive headphones (TDK NC-100) and I have good results with all kinds of binaural and brainwave type things. Mine actually have external noise cancelling, but I never use it.

I would say that quite cheap earphones or earbuds might give you less benefit, but I don't think you need anything extremely expensive to get the benefits.

[CFTraveler]

As long as they're stereo headphones it's fine.

[new baby]

I am attending a gateway workshop and the instruction for the headphones is that the range of frequency should be 15 Hz – 22000 kHz. Their recommandation is Phillips SHP2500. A link for the product http://www.amazon.com/Philips-SHP2500-3 ... B000G31SRU (http://www.amazon.com/Philips-SHP2500-37-Headphone-Control/dp/B000G31SRU)

[CFTraveler]

Thanks for that information, new baby. I was replying to someone (somewhere) about what ranges are recommended, and I wasn't sure (just that it should be in the audible range, for obvious reasons.)
:)

[karl]

On another meditation site I saw recommended Sony MDR-XD200 (but turn off movie setting on them). I don't have them, but thinking about it because they look really comfortable.
http://www.amazon.com/Sony-MDRXD200-MDR-XD200-Stereo-Headphones/dp/B0007N55NW/

[Tom]

Are you the Karl I know from BrainEv?

[karl]

Are you the Karl I know from BrainEv?

Nope, haven't used that one. How do you like BrainEv though? I might check it out.

[Tom]

So far the first level is still my favorite. I tried it once before and quit on the third level. My life was a lot more stressful at the time. Now I started over and am close to being done with the first level. Some days it is better than my regular meditation, without entrainment.

[7LevelTraveler]

Monroe Products offers 2 headphones: Proline HFI-580 and HFI-780. They are $219.00 and $279.00 respectively. According to the specs, they both have really full frequency response.
They also offer something they call iCans that can be used with iPods or other MP3 players.
If you want to lie down while you are working on any of the Hemi-Sync, or other programs, and still get great frequency response and the full effects of the programs, they offer the "Headphones in a Pillow" product from Sleepsonic. Very cool if you want to put a program on repeat, like some of the sleep aid or self-help CDs on the market.

One thing to keep in mind with the Hemi-Sync products, the binaural beats are barely audible anyway. They work on another level and your sub-conscious gets it all. That's why Bob Monroe says, if you fall asleep during any other programs not to worry, you' still get it all.

[Gemma]

I am attending a gateway workshop and the instruction for the headphones is that the range of frequency should be 15 Hz – 22000 kHz. Their recommandation is Phillips SHP2500. A link for the product http://www.amazon.com/Philips-SHP2500-3 ... B000G31SRU (http://www.amazon.com/Philips-SHP2500-37-Headphone-Control/dp/B000G31SRU)

I'm in the UK so I checked the UK version of Amazon, and found these headphones which are the closest I could find to the ones you linked to. But n the UK site, it's got a slightly different name - and it's stated that they're best for watching TV.

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Philips-SHP2500 ... =8-1-fkmr0 (http://www.amazon.co.uk/Philips-SHP2500-00-Television-Headphones/dp/B000FTWT00/ref=sr_1_fkmr0_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1288488588&sr=8-1-fkmr0)

Are they any good for listening to hemi-sync?

[new baby]

Hi,

You should check the specifications of the audio range. They say that the headphones tehnology is binaural. I could not find it on the specification link you posted. Indeed they are for TV listening. You can search other headphones with even a larger audio band. The larger, the better.

[SiriusTraveler]

As long as the headphones are in the 15 - 24.000 Hz frequencyrange and there is no noise canceling technology in them, it all boils down to comfort. Whatever brand, as long as you stay inside these frames should do the trick.