2010-02-03, 05:24 AM
I'm not sure if this should go in technical help or not, since it isn't REALLY a problem, but it's here anyway.
After my old and faithful headphones decided to just stop working, I've been searching for a new pair. A problem with my old headphones were they were cheap things that didn't really block any outside noise. I use headphones to walk down the street or listen to music when I'm at the gym. Because of wind when I'm walking, or because of the background music my gym plays, I sometimes could hardly hear my music. This time around, I'd like some headphones that are better for this kind of scenario. I've been looking over the internet, and it sounds like I should get those ones that go deep in to your ear canal? The problem with these ones is they seem to be entirely buds, which means they could just fall out all the time. But if it goes deep in to the ear canal, how likely is this to happen? Does anyone have any experience with headphones like this? Or do you have any other recommendations?
Also, since my town is small, there aren't many suitable stores to buy them in. I've never shopped on the internet, and I don't really know where to look or what's trustworthy. Can anyone with a spare minute and look around the internet and recommend me a pair? I'm not very tech savvy so I don't know what's good. I'm not really looking to spend more than $30 New Zealand (about $22 American), that's excluding possible postage, but if you think they are REALLY good I may go for a little bit more. If you can find any with volume adjustors on them, or you can find some on a New Zealand website, that's a bonus and I will love you. I'll blackmail Throws in to drawing your MS character or something if that floats your boat. Again, my main problem is being able to hear my music over background noise, and a possible problem with buds could be them falling out... Can anyone please help me?
After my old and faithful headphones decided to just stop working, I've been searching for a new pair. A problem with my old headphones were they were cheap things that didn't really block any outside noise. I use headphones to walk down the street or listen to music when I'm at the gym. Because of wind when I'm walking, or because of the background music my gym plays, I sometimes could hardly hear my music. This time around, I'd like some headphones that are better for this kind of scenario. I've been looking over the internet, and it sounds like I should get those ones that go deep in to your ear canal? The problem with these ones is they seem to be entirely buds, which means they could just fall out all the time. But if it goes deep in to the ear canal, how likely is this to happen? Does anyone have any experience with headphones like this? Or do you have any other recommendations?
Also, since my town is small, there aren't many suitable stores to buy them in. I've never shopped on the internet, and I don't really know where to look or what's trustworthy. Can anyone with a spare minute and look around the internet and recommend me a pair? I'm not very tech savvy so I don't know what's good. I'm not really looking to spend more than $30 New Zealand (about $22 American), that's excluding possible postage, but if you think they are REALLY good I may go for a little bit more. If you can find any with volume adjustors on them, or you can find some on a New Zealand website, that's a bonus and I will love you. I'll blackmail Throws in to drawing your MS character or something if that floats your boat. Again, my main problem is being able to hear my music over background noise, and a possible problem with buds could be them falling out... Can anyone please help me?