They're worth it though.
Or there's another model - can't remember the exact name...it's HD25 plus 'SP' or something. They look very similar and they're supposed to be almost as good, but they're half the price!!! I couldn't really get a straight answer from the salesman as to what the difference was. I think perhaps the build isn't quite so rugged. Price wasn't an issue for me at the time (would be now) so I went 'top-of-the-range' as it were.
― David Inglesfield, Saturday, 2 March 2002 01:00 (twenty-two years ago) link
― Momus, Saturday, 2 March 2002 01:00 (twenty-two years ago) link
― Ned Raggett, Saturday, 2 March 2002 01:00 (twenty-two years ago) link
Actually, I programmatically started reducing listening volume a little while ago, and am now tuned into fairly decent levels for most things. I already have one terrible ear-pressure condition (anyone who met me in Chicago or New York and thought I had some sort of facial tic -- no, it's just this ear thing), so I'm trying to avoid anything further.
― Nitsuh, Saturday, 2 March 2002 01:00 (twenty-two years ago) link
― paul barclay, Saturday, 2 March 2002 01:00 (twenty-two years ago) link
I remember reading that Pete Townshend blamed his hearing problems on long transatlantic flights in the 60s with headphones on full throughout.
I used to abuse my eardrums but I'm far more sensible now. Luckily I seem to have suffered no ill effects (no tinnitus). It's nice to whack the headphones up for short periods though.
― mike hanle y, Saturday, 2 March 2002 01:00 (twenty-two years ago) link
― Ron Hudson, Saturday, 2 March 2002 01:00 (twenty-two years ago) link
― Todd Burns, Sunday, 3 March 2002 01:00 (twenty-two years ago) link
http://home.earthlink.net/~rjameshudson/images/kid_head02.jpg
(original headphone kid from Yo-Yo Records)
― Ron Hudson, Sunday, 3 March 2002 01:00 (twenty-two years ago) link
Funny, though, that Nitsuh should talk about listening to Satie, as I experienced his works (consciously) for the first time - did NOT know that Gymnopedies #1 was that particular piece of music. Very nice. (Family Fodder? Whahuh?)
― David Raposa, Sunday, 3 March 2002 01:00 (twenty-two years ago) link
$70 to 100 for headphones? Part of me is slightly jealous of you, Todd:>
Re: that frightening "tinnitus" monster: After I'd seen Siouxsie and the Banshees at their last show (in the mid-90's at Roseland Ballroom in NYC), my ears didn't stop ringing for two days straight. Didn't help that I had been up front, next to the speakers...Thank god it seemed to disappear, by mid-week.
Lesson learned? Earplugs in the hip pocket;>
Is it fair to talk about those 'toys' we want, but don't yet have? I still have to consider my answers. Yet, I open the floor to the rest of you....?
― Nichole Graham, Sunday, 3 March 2002 01:00 (twenty-two years ago) link
I like to think of myself as, you know, savvy with such things, or at least cautious when I know I'm not savvy. My only other Chinatown purchase, years ago, was a fabulous watch that's been worth every penny. And these headphones would have been well worth it had they actually given me the headphones I asked and paid for. So they are less rip-off artists than just outright item-switching thieves. I suppose I should allow for the slim possibility that it was just a mistake ... but that's far less fun.
― Nitsuh, Sunday, 3 March 2002 01:00 (twenty-two years ago) link
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.
― Ronan, Sunday, 3 March 2002 01:00 (twenty-two years ago) link
― Graham, Sunday, 3 March 2002 01:00 (twenty-two years ago) link
― mike hanle y, Sunday, 3 March 2002 01:00 (twenty-two years ago) link
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.
― Michael Jones, Sunday, 3 March 2002 01:00 (twenty-two years ago) link