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[octothorpe]

I seemed to have left my headphones at The Eagle the other night. This forced me to use the bundled headphones that came with the iPod. Good gods they suck. They don't stay in my ear, and the block out 0% of the ambient noise, forcing me to crank up the volume. ick.

So I decided to fix that with These...

Shure E4C headphones.



Sonically they *are* better than the E3C headphones I misplaced, so I am a happy camper.

Comments

[qnetter]

Of course, there are lots of people who insist that earphones *not* block ambient noise, for work and travel safety reasons...

(Not me, though.)

Have you ever tried the Etymotic 6 and/or 6i?

[theoctothorpe.livejournal.com]

Oh, totally... but really big noises you can here, unless you still insist on cranking the volume.

For the record, with the iPod headphones, I have to crank the volume to 4/5ths max if I am on the streets of manhattan, but with the Shure earphones, the max volume is 1/5th, usually slightly less.

The isolation is *exactly* why I wear them in my office. Of course, you also have the ability to only put on one earphone.