Poll: In ear headphones

[RazielDethAngel]

I prefer out of ear. Mostly due to that I go to sleep with my ipod sometimes and it's much better to have the headphones come of then tear out your ear when you move.

 

[pantsoffdanceoff]

I use these $10 skull candy in ears and I wear them for the entirety of my 8 hour work days. the never cause any pain and they have excellent sound quality. Plus I can hear them perfectly well with my ipod on its lowest volume setting so all in all I'm content. At home I got these big fat headphones for my computer with microphone.

 

[Spirultima]

In ear. Why? Better sound to me less sound to those around me.

 

[Mozared]

The massive pro about in-ears is that they also filter out outside noises which leads to me getting the same results as out-of-earphones at a less volume; I don't have to turn the volume fully open to hear my music in a loud environment. I also find them to be more comfortable to keep in for shorter period of time (90 mins). That said, out-of-earphones don't become any móre annoying if you keep them in for longer than 90 minutes. I like full headsets for the reason Ky pointed out, but these things REALLY bug my ears if you keep them on any longer than 2 hours.

 

[Ancientgamer]

In ear phones will damage your hearing over time, whether you keep the sound down or not. The shape of the human ear was designed to filter the noise and keep you drums safe. Bypassing that isn't a good idea.

 

[Darkrain11]

The in ear type because it doesnt take as high of a volume to get to a good listening level than with out of ear headphones.

 

[Nadlice]

Rubber seal In-ear buds with preferably an over-ear design, 20Hz-20KHz frequency response, nothing with a driver smaller than 0.5, hopefully good exterior noise cancellation but not so much that I wouldn't be able to hear a car beside me whilst out and about. Its good to hear tunes easily without having to turn everything up but not so much cutoff where your aural awareness of the outside world becomes nill :S

Im currently using a high end sports set of sonys that give amazing bass response. I have used skullcandy buds but they're a bit fragile and two pairs have broke. They did sound good while they lasted though.



The skullcandy G.I and HESH models are Shhhhheeeeeiiiittteeeeee. Feel like they're made from fisherprice plastic and they really are just show headphones. They may look pretty but they sound like a bag of ass. Almost as bad as Wesc headphones You need to be paying at least £80-90 before you enter the decent sounding zone and up to £200 before you get to the professional, audio sounding level for headset headphones.

Because I have a bass fetish, skullcandy skullcrusher over ear are my headphone of choice. Also I hate the bass on any in ear headphone. Plus I like my hearing.

Toasty Bass.

http://www.skullcandy.com/shop/sk-pro-p-13.html

Decent In-ear bud phones form a seal in your ear so the speaker is suspended like the cone in a speakier cabinet. When it moves it not only sends audio signals to your ear but the bass frequencys actually resonate round your head and create an illusion of more bass being there than there really is. Plus if they noise cancel well then you don't have to have them dead loud and the bass levels stay the same.

It's more that I found such a good deal on my skullcrushers, that any good in ear would cost just as much, if not more. Plus I like the convince of a bass slider. Plus I have tender ears...

 

[Zombie_Fish]

In ear headphones never fit in my ears.

The ones I use currently are full-size headphones:

Spoiler: My Headphones

 

[Zac_Dai]

I can't use in-ear they cause me a lot of pain, so I must have deformed ears or summat.

 

[Lothae]

Although they tend to be prohibitively expensive I have fallen in love with the sound quality and handiness of my Klipsch in-ear headphones, which are certainly many times better than the horrible default iPod headphones.