Headphones for commuting

[trooperiziz]

My headphones are crap, and due to my they never stay in properly, so i'm always playing around with them and pushing them back in.
I've tried the normal buds and they are totally useless. I have some Sennheiser in ear ones, but they fall out no matter what size doofers I use, I have some philips in ear noise cancelling ones, same problem with the doofers and the noise cancelling doesn't seem to do bugger all as far as I can tell, apart from add some hiss and up the volume a tad.

I have some huge closed back over ear headphones at home, but I have to walk through doorways sidewards if i'm wearing them, so not ideal for commuting.

Add to that the fact that I am using an iPod Touch, with it's restrictive volume setting built in, so in-ear headphones that never stay in and low volume output, means I have difficulty actually hearing the video I am watching on the train...

I don't mind looking like a little bit of a tt (luckily for me considering my face) so am happy to consider over ear, under ear, closed back, open back, top side, fillet or baby back rib headphones, basically whatever is the best.
Ideally I would like to be able to carry them in my pocket, but would consider headphones that I just kept around my neck while I was walking to the office, assuming I won't give out a sagging Princess Leia vibe.

Budget is around £100.

Any recommendations?

[mikef]

Sennheiser PX100 on-ear phones fold up neatly and sound pretty good. Come in white or black

http://www.headphoneworld.com/reviews.php?item_id=...

Edited by mikef on Monday 16th November 17:31

[trooperiziz]

mikef said:

Sennheiser PX100 on-ear phones fold up neatly and sound pretty good. Come in white or black

http://www.headphoneworld.com/reviews.php?item_id=...

Funnily enough, I found this great website called google this afternoon and I used that to do my own research, and then popped down Tottenham Court Road. £40 later and I am the proud owner of a pair of Sennheiser PX200's. They sound a lot better than any of my other headphones, fold up really nicely and the price was much less than I thought I would end up shelling out.

All good

[mikef]

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If you can up your budget a bit tehn thte Sennheiser HD-25 are perfect at £140ish.

They keep the 'TSSSS TSSSSS' of the muppets with ipod earbuds at bay and let you enjoy your music in peace and quite with great clarity. Plus you look like a DJ too

[mikef]

Funnily enough, HD25s are what I use on-camera and for sound editing

[sinizter]

Bose QC3. Best money I spent. Made my commuting a lot less stressful.

[Rotaree]

sinizter said:

Bose QC3. Best money I spent. Made my commuting a lot less stressful.

^^^^^^
What he said x 2!

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Avoid what they said x2.

Horribly overpriced for the sound quality. A set of HD-25 are half the price and far supeior !

In fact my (£14) Koss ksc75 sounded better than the top end Bose headphones, but I can't really say that as I'l be bashed by the marketing lovers

Edited by -Ad- on Tuesday 17th November 12:56

[Toffer]

If you are commuting with music from either an iPod or MP3 player, ask your Sony dealer for a demo of Sony MDRXB500 sealed back headphones.

...and then compare them with noise-cancelling headphones.

[Finlandia]

Have a look here:

http://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&a... Reviews