Re: [AUDITORY] Dry EEG recommendations

[Katie Chase <kechase@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hello all, once again,

Thank you to all who replied to my request for recommendations for a dry EEG system to use with ambient sounds in an uncontrolled public setting. I greatly appreciate now having a curated list to evaluate. 

Quite a few people wrote to ask that I share back with the group what I received. You’ll find the aggregated list below with notes from that recommender. 

Thank you!!

Katie

• DSI-64 Wearable Sensing headset

• Using the DSI-64 Wearable Sensing headset with a study in musicians. The signal is reliable, and we are able to obtain data that does not contain as much noise as other systems. We measure them offsite in another city where the orchestra is located. The triggers can be obtained with trigger-box and interface. 

• CGX's Quick-32r

• full scalp coverage

• Works with subjects seated in a lab or office setting and listening to music over earphones. It could feel heavy after extended listening (30 mins to ~1 hour) but TRFs are recoverable. Used the most for dry EEG and feels reliable.

• OpenBCI https://shop.openbci.com/collections/frontpage

• Options for discrete public wearing 

• cEEGrid's gel version

• NextSense

• IDUN

• Emotiv

• Electrode grid/patch by Neurotechnologies 

• Mobile Neurotechnologies - Fraunhofer IDMT

• Reduced electrode set-up (“around the ear”) trEEGrid could be an option 

• Related articles

• Mind the road: attention related neuromarkers during automated and manual simulated driving captured with a new mobile EEG sensor system

• Pre-gelled Electrode Grid for Self-Applied EEG Sleep Monitoring at Home

• Evaluation of Pre-Applied Conductive Materials in Electrode Grids for Longterm EEG Recording

• BitBrain Dry EEG

• reasonably priced, reliable recordings, and importantly, they give you access to the full EEG without having to pay a subscription and provide good technical support. They also allow trigger EEG synchronisation with controlled stimuli. 

  
  

  
  

  
  

  
  

  
  

 

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Katie Chase, MBA, B.Music
Doctoral Student, Music Cognition
LiMN Lab, Dept. of Psychology
Carnegie Mellon University

kechase@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
linkedin.com/in/katherinechase
206.388.9870

Proud supporter of The Rhapsody Project, 
a national organization working to build community through music and heritage
https://www.therhapsodyproject.org

On Feb 27, 2026, at 9:24 AM, Katie Chase <kechase@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Hello all, 

I’m working to find the right equipment to record neural responses and state changes across time while listening to sounds in an uncontrolled public setting. If you have experience with or recommendations for dry EEG devices I’d appreciate hearing from you.

Thanks!

Katie

—
Katie Chase, MBA, B.Music
Doctoral Student, Music Cognition
LiMN Lab, Dept. of Psychology
Carnegie Mellon University

kechase@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
linkedin.com/in/katherinechase
206.388.9870

Proud supporter of The Rhapsody Project, 
a national organization working to build community through music and heritage
https://www.therhapsodyproject.org