Actually, if you ask 10 different people what makes a good headphone, you will probably get 15 different answers depending on the time of day and how long they have had headphones on, grin.
ON a serious note, you said that the new Apple Ear Pods don't block out exterior sounds, so are they letting in enough of the ambient sounds to use them when walking with a gps app running, etc? I probably won't see them until the new iPod Touch comes out. Thanks, Richard -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Sieghard Weitzel Sent: Sunday, October 07, 2012 8:05 AM To: [email protected] Subject: RE: High Quality headphones for an iPhone. Hi Richard and All, Richard said it well "good is a relative term" and so is "comfortable". You can get some rather nice headphones for $150 or $200 and most people would call them good, but for an audio file a pair of $800 or $1,000 headphones with a $1,500 dedicated headphone amp may qualify as good. As for comfortable, I never thought the old earbud style headphones were uncomfortable and unless I wanted to listen to music and get better sound they were my preferred headphones. Now I bought a set of the new Apple earpods and they have now become my favourite headset. I can have those in my ears for hours and feel comfortable, I love the fact they don't block out external sounds and they do sound better than the old earbuds, not as good as my $200 VMoto headset, but not bad at all for $35. I personally really dislike those earbuds with foam that you have to stick half way into your brain and which seal off your ear like those cheap foam earplugs you twist so they become thin and then after you stick them into your ears the foam expands to block off sounds. To me those are the most uncomfortable thing there is and while some say the Apple earpods fall out of their ear, for me they stay in perfectly. But that just shows how different opinions can be and it's the reason why if somebody asks 10 people what a "good headset" is they most likely get 10 different answers. Regards, Sieghard -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VIPhone" Google Group. To search the VIPhone public archive, visit http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VIPhone" Google Group. To search the VIPhone public archive, visit http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en.
