Headphones.

2001-09-19 Thread Mark Fowler
The time has come for me finally to buy some new headphones[1]. Suggestions? I work in an office where we play music. Most of the time this is fine, but sometimes I want to live in my own little soundtracked worldand I don't want the music from the office intruding over the top of the quiet

Re: Headphones.

2001-09-19 Thread Chris Carline
On Wed, Sep 19, 2001 at 03:07:55PM +0100, Mark Fowler wrote: The time has come for me finally to buy some new headphones[1]. Suggestions? I would recommend a pair of Etymotic ER4-S headphones: http://www.etymotic.com/ a) comfortable b) block out noise from all sources c) don't spill

Re: Headphones.

2001-09-19 Thread Mark Fowler
Chris said I have a pair of these and they're amazing. Unfortunately, they're a bit on the steep side (around $300 iirc). Erk! At 300usd I'd expect to be able to read my mail on them too! Are there similar kinds of thing in the 0-60ukp mark[1] Later. Mark. [1] Yes, I know that's like

Re: Headphones.

2001-09-19 Thread Chris Carline
On Wed, Sep 19, 2001 at 04:02:09PM +0100, Mark Fowler wrote: Erk! At 300usd I'd expect to be able to read my mail on them too! Apparently, they're as good as similar models priced at the 1000usd end of the spectrum, but at less than a third the price... 8) So arguably, they're *already*

Re: Headphones.

2001-09-19 Thread Sam Vilain
Mark Fowler [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Erk! At 300usd I'd expect to be able to read my mail on them too! Are there similar kinds of thing in the 0-60ukp mark[1] To my ears the Sony studio grade headphones sound very good, and should be well within that price range. Make sure the frequency

Re: Headphones.

2001-09-19 Thread alex
On Wed, 19 Sep 2001, robin szemeti wrote: Anyone playing music so loud in their headphones that others can hear it above the office clatter is well on the way to ruining their hearing. true, unless the headphones are open-backed. but if you those in an office the office the chatter

Re: Headphones.

2001-09-19 Thread Jon Eyre
On Wed, 19 Sep 2001, Mark Fowler wrote: The time has come for me finally to buy some new headphones[1]. [1] I've run over the cable one to many times with the rolly chair Suggestions? Cordless headphones? You can get a nice pair of Sony infrareds for ~UKP50 from argos. The transmitter