I've used earphones all my life and have recently changed to headphones. Today I'm wondering if you prefer headphones or earphones, and why?
Earphones
So I've had walkmans and discmans and okay let's be fair my walkman had these really cheap headphone thingies. Ever sine my discman I've used earphones and that is for the last 20 years or so. I never really liked them until apple earphones with the new shape, those ones were really quite comfy.
My pro's
- You can wear them whilst laying on your side and falling asleep
- In ears isolate the sound from outside
- voice commands via microphone (or having a phone call)
- cheap
Con's
- They hurt my ears sometimes and I even get headaches
- the fall out of my ears
- I loose them or break them all the time because they are small, I step on them, or tangle the wires etc.
##Headphones
I've only been using my headphones for a month or so but absolutely loving them so far. I paid 80 euro's which is roughly $95 and the sound quality is decent.
My pro's
- sound quality is better than my earphones
- warms my ears now winter is getting here
- comes with microphone for calls :)
- I rarely loose them, and never step on them :)
My con's
- Cannot fall asleep with them easily
- don't exclude the outer sounds completely
Conclusion
I know that there are solutions to my cons like, buy noise cancelling headphones, but they give me a headache because too much shit is going on with my ears, also you can get earphones with a single thick wire like my headphones so they don't tangle but hey ,this is my experience :)
What is your preference?
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