URGENT best headphones for ipod!!
03 May 2005, 07:46 PM
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URGENT best headphones for ipod!!
Hi guys.
Going on holiday on Thursday and need some better headphones for my recently purchased ipod. The std ones seem ok most of the time but then sometimes c'ant handle the bass well. Would prefer the little in ear ones as opposed to the big DJ type, just because the former are more portable.
Cheers
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Going on holiday on Thursday and need some better headphones for my recently purchased ipod. The std ones seem ok most of the time but then sometimes c'ant handle the bass well. Would prefer the little in ear ones as opposed to the big DJ type, just because the former are more portable.
Cheers
Deep.
03 May 2005, 07:48 PM
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get over to www.ipodlounge.com and check out their reviews for headphones, should be something you'll like there 
03 May 2005, 07:57 PM
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03 May 2005, 08:16 PM
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I've got some Senheiser noise reduction phones. Blew away the Sony ones (which I had before), and have the advantage of cutting down the traffic noise etc as well 
03 May 2005, 08:20 PM
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Just got these off ebay for 17£
http://www.hifibitz.co.uk/product.asp?id=3319
Sennheiser MX550 In Ear Headphones SENMX550
http://www.hifibitz.co.uk/product.asp?id=3319
Sennheiser MX550 In Ear Headphones SENMX550
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03 May 2005, 08:29 PM
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03 May 2005, 09:57 PM
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If by normal high street, you mean the likes of Dixons then it's unlikely.
If you do not have a local independent hi fi shop in your town, then a trip to Richer Sounds is probably in order.
If you do not have a local independent hi fi shop in your town, then a trip to Richer Sounds is probably in order.
03 May 2005, 10:19 PM
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I use these
http://www.shure.com/earphones/eseries_e3c.asp
and the only comparison would be to £200+ over ear types. The sound is just amazing. They fit in the ear canal, similar to ear plugs, and they effectively block out all external sound. I wear them to work on the tube and you can't hear anything apart from the music. Also they use passive noise reduction (by physically blocking sound) so are a lot better than the active noise reduction types because they tend to block out frequencies that music uses so they affect the sound quality.
Downside is they are expensive (£130 at Apple store, but ebay can be cheaper) and some people may not like having something in their ear.
Normal in ear phones are rubbish and by design can't really produce a good sound.
http://www.shure.com/earphones/eseries_e3c.asp
and the only comparison would be to £200+ over ear types. The sound is just amazing. They fit in the ear canal, similar to ear plugs, and they effectively block out all external sound. I wear them to work on the tube and you can't hear anything apart from the music. Also they use passive noise reduction (by physically blocking sound) so are a lot better than the active noise reduction types because they tend to block out frequencies that music uses so they affect the sound quality.
Downside is they are expensive (£130 at Apple store, but ebay can be cheaper) and some people may not like having something in their ear.
Normal in ear phones are rubbish and by design can't really produce a good sound.
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03 May 2005, 10:23 PM
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If you can't stretch to the Shure E3C's then consider their E2C models which are around £65. I got mine from http://www.everythingipod.co.uk via Amazon.
They sound lovely, just a bit weird getting used to shoving them in your ears.
They sound lovely, just a bit weird getting used to shoving them in your ears.
04 May 2005, 06:19 AM
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I have the Sony's and one or two other serious headphones. The best value by far that I have ever heard is one of these.....You can't go wrong
http://www.superfi.co.uk/index.cfm/p...Product_ID/494
http://www.superfi.co.uk/index.cfm/p...Product_ID/494
04 May 2005, 02:54 PM
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Just bought the Sonys. Excellent!! Great deep sound and sooo comfortable.
Thanks for the advice, thats why I still hang out here even though I d'ont have a Scoob!
Now I have another problem! Its just ocurred to me, how the hell do I charge the ipod when I'm on holiday? I obviously d'ont want to go lugging my laptop around the world just to act as a charger??
Deep(techno retard)
Thanks for the advice, thats why I still hang out here even though I d'ont have a Scoob!
Now I have another problem! Its just ocurred to me, how the hell do I charge the ipod when I'm on holiday? I obviously d'ont want to go lugging my laptop around the world just to act as a charger??
Deep(techno retard)
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