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Re headphones: is it possible you haven’t found a pair that fits well? I’ve tried many many (highly rated) cans over the years and most hurt my years after som

Re headphones: is it possible you haven’t found a pair that fits well? I’ve tried many many (highly rated) cans over the years and most hurt my years after some time. But now I have Bose QC and the way they fit around my ears without touching them is awesome. I wear them constantly even without audio playing. It’s almost a comfort object now lol.

chubot 6y ago
Well the physical comfort isn't really the main issue, but yeah I guess I don't like having something resting on my ears for more than say 30-60 minutes at a time. I would flip it on its head: Why headphones? To me the only advantages of headphones are (1) not disturbing people near you and (2) traveling. For everything else I would use speakers! The other things I don't like are: - the cable following me around, especially if I'm mobile (and that applies to ear buds too). - the feeling of being cut off from sounds around me. - Admittedly a niche complaint, but for music: I don't like the stereo imaging of headphones. Compared to good speakers, it's an unnatural stereo field -- although I realize not everyone is sensitive to that. Depends what you listen to as well.
- gcatalfamo 6y ago
  the problem with speakers - which I love - is that they don't live well with a microphone as two separate peripherals. How did you solve this?
  - chubot 6y ago
    Good point, that's another reason to use headphones -- if you're also using a microphone! There's no way to really solve this! I think there are some hacks, but the music and TV pro solution is to use in-ear monitors. Good thread where someone suggests using monitors to reduce fatigue on video conference: https://twitter.com/samuelmehr/status/1309672535190102016 https://twitter.com/samuelmehr/status/1309672535190102016 I haven't tried it, but it makes a lot of sense. Knowing how loud your own voice relative to others' is seems like a key benefit. ---- I use speakers to listen to lectures and podcasts, and it's 100% a win IMO, but yeah they don't work well if your voice also has to be recorded unfortunately ...
scns 6y ago
Try comfy over ear half open cans like the DT880 i linked in my reply to GP
- therealdrag0 6y ago
  My friend has those. I haven’t tried them for extended periods, but I remember the material being soft to touch. The thing that gets me about the Bose, I think, is the cups are ovular which matches the war better. But maybe that’s corrélation not causation.

chubot 6y ago

Well the physical comfort isn't really the main issue, but yeah I guess I don't like having something resting on my ears for more than say 30-60 minutes at a time. I would flip it on its head: Why headphones? To me the only advantages of headphones are (1) not disturbing people near you and (2) traveling. For everything else I would use speakers! The other things I don't like are: - the cable following me around, especially if I'm mobile (and that applies to ear buds too). - the feeling of being cut off from sounds around me. - Admittedly a niche complaint, but for music: I don't like the stereo imaging of headphones. Compared to good speakers, it's an unnatural stereo field -- although I realize not everyone is sensitive to that. Depends what you listen to as well.

gcatalfamo 6y ago
the problem with speakers - which I love - is that they don't live well with a microphone as two separate peripherals. How did you solve this?
- chubot 6y ago
  Good point, that's another reason to use headphones -- if you're also using a microphone! There's no way to really solve this! I think there are some hacks, but the music and TV pro solution is to use in-ear monitors. Good thread where someone suggests using monitors to reduce fatigue on video conference: https://twitter.com/samuelmehr/status/1309672535190102016 https://twitter.com/samuelmehr/status/1309672535190102016 I haven't tried it, but it makes a lot of sense. Knowing how loud your own voice relative to others' is seems like a key benefit. ---- I use speakers to listen to lectures and podcasts, and it's 100% a win IMO, but yeah they don't work well if your voice also has to be recorded unfortunately ...

scns 6y ago

Try comfy over ear half open cans like the DT880 i linked in my reply to GP

therealdrag0 6y ago
My friend has those. I haven’t tried them for extended periods, but I remember the material being soft to touch. The thing that gets me about the Bose, I think, is the cups are ovular which matches the war better. But maybe that’s corrélation not causation.