Bose earbuds for iPod...are they worth it?

[Cry Havoc]

So your saying that noise canceling headphones have ZERO benefit at all? I own two: Sennheiser PX250 (for more mobile, and portable use) and Bose QC2 (for home use).

Not at all. They are excellent for planes and anything else with a consistent noise in the background. It's just that (GOOD) closed headphones with passive sound isolation typically produce greater sound quality. If Bose were cheaper, I'd probably own a pair.

[bdictjames]

Yall are talking about these overpriced earphones when you can buy a pair at Walmart for 99 cents. See you when those get damaged, just like any other headphones invented.

And I ing hate big headphones, dont know why.

[slayermin]

You should try some quality headphones from Grado, Sennheiser, or Denon.

I own a pair of Sennheiser wireless headphones. They work great when you don't have neighbors with cordless phones or polices scanners in the area.

I never use them anymore because they would pickup people's conversations.

[usckk]

Hey Cry, another quick question: How big of difference can you tell with the good sounding headphones compared to lower qualitiy ones, playing mp3 at 128 kb/s? If all of one's songs are at that range, would it still be worth someone's money to get really high quality head phones?

[Jimcs50]

Now I know what to get my wife for one of her Christmas presents.

Thanks.

[Cry Havoc]

Hey Cry, another quick question: How big of difference can you tell with the good sounding headphones compared to lower qualitiy ones, playing mp3 at 128 kb/s? If all of one's songs are at that range, would it still be worth someone's money to get really high quality head phones?

Keep in mind that higher quality headphones are going to pick up any distortion or unwanted sounds from a less than quality recording.

That said, if the recording at 128kbps contains no errors, it will be good enough to listen to and enjoy with a nicer set of headphones the difference will still be very noticeable, depending on the listener. Some people don't care about the difference in quality, they just want to hear "The White Stripes" over and over again. Which is fine, but if you want quality, a decent set ($100-200) will be worth it every time.

Also, Windows Media Player will encode at 192 kbps. It's worth using to rip your mp3s from here on out.

Yall are talking about these overpriced earphones when you can buy a pair at Walmart for 99 cents. See you when those get damaged, just like any other headphones invented.

Wow. Pure idiocy at this point. I'm sorry, I really don't have the time or the energy to explain to someone like you the differences in quality.

You can buy a used car for $1000. See you when your new shiny Civic gets damaged. I mean, a 1977 Ford Pinto and a 2007 Audi are the same thing, right?

And I ing hate big headphones, dont know why.

Because things larger than your head frighten you? Just a guess.