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Picking the perfect headphones - a quick overview for novices

Searching for a new pair of headphones and overwhelmed by the flood of types of regular and Bluetooth and wireless headphones? I will give an overview of today's types to aid you pick the pair of headphones that is best for you.

There are many distinct types and styles of headphones on the market starting with in-ear headphones as being the smallest headphones, some of which have a bracket that is worn around the ear. These type headphones can easily be stored in a pocket. They are frequently bundled with iPods or MP3 players. Another type of headphones which are larger than in-ear headphones sit on the ear and include an flexible frame which either sits on the head or wraps around the neck. If you are on a tight budget then you should consider one of these headphones, some models are designed to absorb exterior noise.

If you are looking for better sound quality then you should take a look at medium-end headphones which have soft ear cushions that depending on the model will be placed either on your ear or around your ear. The second type decreases the pressure on the ear. Therefore many people prefer this design. Next you will have to make a decision if you want to go with an open design where the audio can diffuse from the transducer to the outside or a closed design. An open design is perceived by a number of people to have a light sound quality. A closed design will stop the sound from bothering bystanders. A closed design also helps block out exterior noise.

Today's headphones are dynamic headphones for the most part. Dynamic indicates what type of transducer is used. Static headphones are the second type. This type is fairly expensive but offers high sound quality. Static headphones need a special headphone amplifier.

Cordless headphones are an additional alternative which eliminate the headphone cable. One kind of cordless headphones are Bluetooth headphones. These headphones can be used with cell phones and other Bluetooth-enabled products. The range of Bluetooth headphones is typically less than 30 ft and the sound quality does not rival the quality of corded headphones.

Other cordless headphones include FM type models which usually work at 900 MHz and digital wireless headphones which work at 2.4 GHz or 5.8 GHz. FM type models are the least expensive choice of wireless headphones. FM wireless headphones have noticeable hissing and audio distortion. They are also prone to interference from other wireless products.

Digital models such as the Amphony headphones will encode the sound into data prior to transmission which makes these models the best choice in regard to sound quality and robustness against interference. A number of digital wireless headphones work at the less crowded 5.8 GHz frequency band. This band offers less competition from other wireless products compared to the 2.4 GHz band.

About the Author

Gunter Fellbaum has been engineering audio and electronic products for over 10 years. You can get additional information about wireless headphones and other wireless audio products from Amphony's website.

Why do some headphone have an uneven cord length?

Why is it that so many headphones - even higher end one, have such ridiculously mismatched earphone cord lengths?

My new Phillips headphones have a right ear bud cord length of about 1 foot, while the left bud cord length is about 6 inches. This makes the part where the two cords connect sit next to my face at about chin level. It is incredibly uncomfortable and I cannot think of any benefit to this.

Anyone know?

so that it can hang like a neck lace or lan yard as some people are calling it
its good if you might take off your headphone and leave them hanging around your neck so you can get them back on later however drawbacks i found are that they can fall off if theyre not in your ear
also my samsung ones dont stay in my ear properly.... maybe i have dodgy ears but still
also mobile phone head phones that are like this have the microphone where the two bud cords meet up so i guess the mic can pick up your voice easier.

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