I am wondering what you think are the best:
1. in-earphoens
2. Noise-cancelling headphones
and why?
1. in-earphoens
2. Noise-cancelling headphones
and why?
aptmunich said:But the shure e2 are excellent value at around $80, which sounds like a lot, but isn't when you consider that these are almost professional musicians quality...
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St Soichiro said:I really love my Bose Noise Cancelling headphones, especially during air travel. In a typical year I take 2-3 flights long-long flights - they are amazing then. Work best with white noise. But, they are expensive!
In regular use I tend to prefer my regular iPod earphones.
St Soichiro said:I really love my Bose Noise Cancelling headphones, especially during air travel. In a typical year I take 2-3 flights long-long flights - they are amazing then. Work best with white noise. But, they are expensive!
In regular use I tend to prefer my regular iPod earphones.
Chip NoVaMac said:For your type of use, do you think that the cost is worth it for the rest of us ?
whyrichard said:etymonic research er-6's are absolutely incredible. expensive, but incredible.
I use the ER4-S Etymotic combined with a headphone amplifier running out of the "line out" of the iPod. Etymotic do a version of the ER-4S specifically for portable players called the ER-4P which, while I haven't heard them myself, are supposed to be very good also.
Etymotic have also just released an "iPod-version" of their ER-6 (much cheaper than either the ER-4S or the ER-4P) in white
Etymontic Research: http://www.etymotic.com/
When I'm travelling (which I do a lot) I use the PocketDock adaptor which is fantastic as you don't have to lug around your Dock:
http://www.sendstation.com/us/products/pd_lineout.html
IMO a headphone amplifier improves the sound output quality immeasurably. Yeah, it's a bit of a pain carrying around yet another piece of kit; but the pros outweigh the cons.