[kj] OT: Earphones

[Janean Lancaster]

On 29/06/2012 23:12, Brendan Quinn wrote:

>

> I's say don't go for a name brand -- Sennheisers for example -- they 

> make some decent headphones, but bang for buck is poor IMHO. I did a 

> whole lot of research on the forums (when the site wants to work) at:

>

> www.headphones.com.au <http://www.headphones.com.au>

>

> Bought myself an obscure set of phones from a company in Asia 

> somewhere that no one had heard of, and bang for buck was amazing. 

> $AUD100 or so got me an amazing pair of in-ears.

>


Thanks, I'll have a look.


> And don't use the built-in sound-card on a PC, get an add-on or 

> external card.

>


It's laptop and iPod for me.  Ahem.  (Much to a real audiophile's horror.)


> Bang for buck, IMO headphones give you the best sound for the least 

> cash, but you do tend to get fatigue listening to them for too long.

>


I'm used to it.  Until recently (since being at home alone in the day) 
100% of my listening was on headphones.  I'd say it's now at about 98%...

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