Comfortable Fit is More Important than Sound
Posted in Cheap iPods on Dec 10th, 2011
Without sounding too impressed with myself I would like to claim that I know quite a lot about headphones. I have gone through many brands and tried multiple models from each. After all my hunting for the ideal headphones I have both found out what makes the perfect headphones as well as why some trendy designs will always fail.
If you will ever be planning on getting headphones online do go to a store first and try some on. The fit is the most significant part of your headphones and it’s not a bad thought to listen to the sound while you are at it. Please try not to be one of the fashionable iPod headphones users who still use the white ear buds that come with the iPod. The iPod is over 10 years old and Apple still use those dreadful ear buds. They won’t fit anyone’s ears and consistently fall out.
Headphone manufacturers that market the quality of the sound generally are not the ideal solution. I really do not care how good your headphones sound if they feel uncomfortable and fall off each and every ten seconds. Even ear bud companies try and brag about the high quality of the tiny speakers and amplifiers they use but it actually doesn’t matter and here is why. 99% of headphones users are listening to an iPod, iPhone or some other tiny digital portable device that has compressed the music to fit on it.
Talking generally iPod mp3 sound isn’t that great because it’s been compressed but 99% of the folks can’t hear the difference. In a home theatre setting with blueray discs or using hi fi installers I confess is very easy to hear the difference in sound quality but this is not as true with headphones. Even DVDs compress the sound to fit a giant video file on 4 gigs.
Many people would prefer over the ear headphones and some would rather have earphone buds. Personally I think that both have their advantages and drawbacks. If you will be flying on a plane or traveling in a motionless position I recommend using over the ear headphones. Sound cancelling headphones are the best satisfaction but make sure they are cushy as even enormous costly headphones can pinch ears and become uncomfortable in time. If you plan on moving about a lot than ear buds are the better choice. I used to compete in snowboarding and ear buds always worked for me but when I travelled between contests I could not get by without my noise cancelling over the ear headphones.
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