How to Ruin Your Headphones but Feel Good About It Afterward

Last year I was on my way into college one day and the whole way I thought that the road had loose chippings or something because there was stuff hitting off the passenger door side of the car making alot of noise. But then later I drove out for lunch and there was still the noise, and I started thinking something was loose on the wheel perhaps.

Alas when I got home I realised my earphones had been caught in the door all day and streaming behind the car gloriously. It must have been funny for the people who were laughing at me.

Get soem Sony MDR-EX70LP's. They go right inside your ear and are closed-back so they block-out all outside, so you can enjoy your music in peace and get hit by that bus.

outside = outside noise, but it works both ways.

anyone ever hear of Sony mdr -530? headphones????

Graham: Earbuds? Eww!

Actually, it might be my ear-pressure problem that makes earbuds such a horrible experience for me. Still, though, everything's so tinny and compressed on them ... and they're so uncomfortable!

Graham: Earbuds? Eww! Actually, it might be my ear-pressure problem that makes earbuds such a horrible experience for me. Still, though, everything's so tinny and compressed on them ... and they're so uncomfortable!

Ah, but the earbuds that Graham mentions (the EX-70LPs) sit someway into yr ear canal (which may not be any more good news on the comfort front), and come with three different-sized attachments (i.e. experiment and choose one pair) to provide the bass-enhancing world- excluding seal. Get 'em right and they need no bass boost from the playback device. Like a cheaper version of those fancy Etymotics things.

I use Grado SR-125s at home. Being supra-aural, they're not all that comfortable, but they do sound the business.

I've got Philips Horizontal ones. They look nice and are dead comfy but because they have a plastic part that goes behind your ear my hair always gets caught in them. Still.......