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Originally Posted by bigrobwoot
What are "good headphones"? Especially the ones that are <$20...
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It depends on what you like. I personally like the Koss in ear ones that have ear plug like foam so they isolate the sound. great for airplanes, but kind of a pain to put in.
Yes, you can spend $99 on a set of Shure\Altec Lansing\Acoustic Research ear buds, but there are decent silicone Sony/JVCs and such out there for cheap. I have a Shure wired cell phone headset that is the best I have ever used but it is mono...
Some like the OE Apples, but they are hard plastic and many dislike them for extended use and think the sound is flat or tinny...
The
Best Buy page is helpful to figure out the type and range of what you might want.
I have a set of the JVC Gumys for casual listening that run $11-15 retail and they sound great and got decent reviews. Good bang for your buck. Sony also has some hybrid ear buds for $20 that I read good things about.
There are a ton of web sites that review headphones from a fit and sound perspective.
Most importantly, unless you are doing your own ripping and encoding using good SW and settings or buying from iTunes (maybe), a lot of the MP3/M4As out there are crap! No headphones will make them sound great.
(The new headphones I have for teh iPods are cheap China stuff and I admit it, but they mostly work. I won't give you any of the random crap headphones I got with the used iPods as I have no idea where they have been or condition.)