I finally got around to buying a proper set of headphones for my portable music. Unfortunately, I was focusing primarily on making sure that they were light and unobtrusive — I have a fantastic quality set of headphones at home already, but they’re big and bulky and shut out nearly all other sound, which doesn’t make them very practical for day-to-day casual use. That led me to a set of Sony headphones that only cost around $16, but they seemed to be just what I was looking for.
Of course, they turned out to be utter crap. Too much of the sound leaks away, especially high frequencies, the headband is some cheap plastic that I swear is going to break within a month, and the jack is ultra-quirky. The slightest shift causes crackling, volume fading, and the right channel vanishing entirely.
I’m probably going to have to go down to somewhere like A&B Sound to find a *true* decent set of headphones that won’t break easily, sound good, and work reliably, and it’ll probably cost an arm and a leg. Of course, there are limits…
If I could remember the unit numbers, I could recommend a few good sets…
Paul – Is your site down?
Ever considered Grado headphones?
Never even heard of them before. :-) Ah well, I’ve already picked up a different Sony set that are much better. I’m not much of an audiophile; I just needed something Not Crummy.