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Small side note... Around COVID lockdown #1 I did a lot more walking outside, pushing a pram and listening to music on headphones. For years I'd been using ch

by lproven 9mo ago

Small side note... Around COVID lockdown #1 I did a lot more walking outside, pushing a pram and listening to music on headphones. For years I'd been using cheap wired headphones from exhibition swag and things. I put a pair through the washing machine. Top tip: this is really not good for them. I looked online and found I could buy a brand new pair of my preferred Sony in-ear ones for $NotALot. I bought the absolutely top of the line most expensive bass-boost in-ear buds. They cost the equivalent of $20 (about £15) and the sound is amazing. The point being here: because all the fashion-victims want Bluetooth, wired headphones have got really cheap and top quality premium grade ones cost less than a modest meal, or alternatively perhaps, less than I could easily drink in beer while listening to 1 CD or album. Shun wireless. Go back to wired. Get an adaptor if your phone doesn't have a socket. You can get really good earphones for very little money now, they never need charging, never go flat, never need pairing, are compatible with every OS able to play sound, and they come with a handy tool to stop them falling out and you losing them, called "a cable". Also: the microphone is great as well. I've recorded podcasts with them. The quality is way better than my £300 over-ear sound-cancelling premium Bluetooth headset, which I now only use while onboard aeroplanes.

kergonath 8mo ago
> I bought the absolutely top of the line most expensive bass-boost in-ear buds. Out of curiosity, what did you get?
- lproven 8mo ago
  Sorry for the slow reply. I've looked and there doesn't seem to be any way to tell. I've used them regularly for about 5 or 6 years now and the paint is wearing off. The only readable markings are the [L] and [R] indications for which goes in which year. Something akin to these: https://www.sony.co.uk/electronics/in-ear-headphones/mdr-ex650ap https://www.sony.co.uk/electronics/in-ear-headphones/mdr-ex6... Nickel/neodynium bass drivers, quite large and chunky compared to cheaper Sony 'phones. The cables go into a separate fat little cylinder to which the earbud itself is permanently attached at a fixed angle. However, they're not noticeable in the ear at all and they're very comfy to wear. These are listed at £40 now but before the recent burst of inflation I think about half that is plausible.

by lproven 9mo ago

kergonath 8mo ago

> I bought the absolutely top of the line most expensive bass-boost in-ear buds. Out of curiosity, what did you get?

lproven 8mo ago
Sorry for the slow reply. I've looked and there doesn't seem to be any way to tell. I've used them regularly for about 5 or 6 years now and the paint is wearing off. The only readable markings are the [L] and [R] indications for which goes in which year. Something akin to these: https://www.sony.co.uk/electronics/in-ear-headphones/mdr-ex650ap https://www.sony.co.uk/electronics/in-ear-headphones/mdr-ex6... Nickel/neodynium bass drivers, quite large and chunky compared to cheaper Sony 'phones. The cables go into a separate fat little cylinder to which the earbud itself is permanently attached at a fixed angle. However, they're not noticeable in the ear at all and they're very comfy to wear. These are listed at £40 now but before the recent burst of inflation I think about half that is plausible.