official headphones thread

could everyone please post the kinds of earphones that they use with their ipod.

Sennheiser MX-500
Sennheiser HD280pro
Koss Titanium 3AA
Koss KSC-35
Koss PortaPro's

My faves are the HD280pro and KSC-35's, but for portability, the MX500's. Check out http://www.head-fi.org/

Shure e5c - Quiet times when I am just listening to music
Bang & Olufsen A8's - General Use
Bose QuietComfort - Travelling and sleeping

Sennheiser Earbuds when active
Grado 80s when out and about (less worry about damage)
Grado 325 most of the time

Grado RS1 stay on the main system 100% but are generally turned off at the amp.

Just some cheap £4 Panasonic ones from Argos

The original iPod earphones just scream out ''Please mug me'', especially if you have to travel daily back and forth between the suburbs and Central London.

Ehrm...is this a trick question? I use the ones that came with it, strangely enough!

Sony MDR-EX71. They're awesome.

The Apple earbuds in a pinch.

Sony EX51 earbuds, sometimes RCA earphones from a CD player.

I still use the Earbuds that came with it , they are just fine for me .

PODIO retractable earphones, by macally. nice stuff, makes it easy to throw with me when I go out to class.

I still use the apple ones.

On my second set however as the first ones blew-up something crazy. But free 90 day replacement period so not on my dime.

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sony ex-81s
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Full stereos...Yes
Noise Cancelling headphones....nope, they are fantastic

also, how many of you have/use the remote?

trpnmonkey41 said:

Full stereos...Yes
Noise Cancelling headphones....nope, they are fantastic

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nope they blow

you can buy better headphones for 40 bucks
for 60 bucks youll get ones that blow them away

http://www.head-fi.com

They definitely don't "blow". I have tried several different noise cancelling headphones and the only pair that was close to the Bose for noise cancelling were the Sennheiser PXC250. (And trust me I know about head-fi)

so your bragging about the noice cancellling and not the sound? thats kinda lame...

thats like buying a mercedes just because they have heated seats...
and then bragging about ya my car has the best heated seats in the car industry


http://www6.head-fi.org/forums/showthread.php?t=96318&highlight=Bose+QC2

http://www6.head-fi.org/forums/showthread.php?t=99578&highlight=Bose+QC2

http://www6.head-fi.org/forums/showthread.php?t=83910&page=2&pp=20&highlight=Bose+QC2

http://www6.head-fi.org/forums/showthread.php?t=100710&highlight=Bose+QC2

plz read and educate yourself

No the sound is great but when I buy a pair of noise cancelling headphones my primary reason for buying them is to cancel out surrounding noises.

trpnmonkey41 said:

No the sound is great but when I buy a pair of noise cancelling headphones my primary reason for buying them is to cancel out surrounding noises.

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well the best noice cancelling headphones would be isolatinng phones then...

Having been in the consumer electronics business for the last 7 years I can honestly agree with trpnmonkey. For the headphones, the BOSE "Quiet Comfort" (noise cancelling) headphones are quite nice. I hate BOSE equipment as a general rule. And the BOSE phrase is "No highs, no lows, must be BOSE" if you wanna get technical. If I were after a set of noise cancelling headphones I'd consider the BOSE. Lightweight, comfortable, and reasonable sound for a noise-cancelling set (compared to the others from sony, jvc, harmon, etc). I personally wouldn't go for a noise cancelling set, however, I'd just get a intra-aural set like the Shure e2 but different strokes for different folks.