Headphones for travelling

[Viagara]

Music quality is ok, nothing close to proper headphone but more than adequate for travelling.

Its Bose after all, you should not expect good music quality

[BigWoodenSpoon]

Its Bose after all, you should not expect good music quality

 

[Blues]

btw, here we have another fine example of sa-pricing. the custom molded ear plugs sell for $10.- on amazon (and pretty much everywhere else), want-it-all and other sa sources charge a whopping zar 647.-...

http://www.amazon.com/Radians-Custom-Molded-Earplugs-Red/dp/B002CI4CPM

http://www.wantitall.co.za/Radians-Custom-Molded-Earplugs-Tan__B003EPH588

[dotVIBE]

well, I have a set of etymotic in-canals for super comfort. they go all the way back into your ear canals, and pretty much block out any external sound. you can also lie on your side on a pillow with them quite comfortably. they do tend to bring up all the wax out your ears when you take them out, so not for sharing. I use these when I know i'm gonna plug in for a good few hours and maybe catch a snooze in between.


http://www.etymotic.com/ephp/er6i.aspx


I also have a of sennheiser cx870's. The bass is a bit fuller on these and the mids slightly richer. very comfortable, but not as good as the etymotics, and not so 100% isolating. more like 95%. Very nice headphones, I prefer these for shorter listening sessions.

http://www.sennheiser.com/sennheiser/home_en.nsf/root/private_headphones_mp3_classic-line_502866

[Enigma_2k4]

Wow, those both look very good! How much do those sennies go for here in SA? Also, where did you get those etymotic ones?

[dotVIBE]

I picked up the sennies at jhb airport for R800, so I probably got ripped off. The etymotics I imported from the states.

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[Spuds]

I have the Monster ones... You know, the ones endorsed by all the wrappers...  They work fine for when I travel...

Please don't hate. 

[Enigma_2k4]

OK, thanks Spuds for the reminder I should update this thread. LOL

Quite simply, I've been using those Mitone cheapies for a while now and have they have had loads of use. They really aren't bad for the price, but they do get a little uncomfortable after a while, but that is because of their shape pressing against my outer ear (they are more long and cylindrical). The bose ones shown below are probably more comfortable.

So in summary, for now I am happy. I would like to test out a proper set of normal shape phones to test "the big phone up sound cancelling" cans vs the "in your ear block out all sound" cans and then make a call from there. I'm back in SA again in week 33 so will prob test out some in a sotre somewhere and check how "cancelling" the sound cancelling ones actually are.

[chipwelder]

Remember the noise cancelling only does drones, not spurious noise...

[WaterHond]

Those Etymotics that Chipwelder and Dotvibe mention have been very highly regarded by, amongst others, audiophiles, musos and people in the music biz locally and overseas. They are "in-ear monitors" and an extensive range is available.
There is a custom fit service available should you require but I dunno how that would work in SA. One of their latest models, the MC5 earphones, is also  "noise isolating"  and has won some product of the year awards.

http://www.etymotic.com/
http://www.etymotic.com/ephp/mc5.html

Other brands of in-ear monitors also well regarded though some are strictly speaking professional models:

JH Audio: http://www.jhaudio.com/collection.php#1

Ultimate Ears: http://ultimateears.com/en-us

Future Sonics: http://www.myspace.com/earmonitors

[WaterHond]

B&W are also launching in ear phones next month.

http://www.whathifi.com/news/bowers-wilkins-makes-its-in-ear-headphone-debut

[kamikazi]

Must say these B&W's don't look particularly comfortable and in all likelihood will cost too much for the sound quality offered, much like the P5 headphones. Guess I would go with something like the Etymotic HF5 as good value for money and they go pretty far into the ear so noise isolation should be great and they should be pretty comfortable too.

Still chuffed with the $50 Nuforce NE-7Ms, though I don't think think they would be comfortable for flights, but they made vuvuzela's sound quite bearable during the world cup. Pity so many IEM companies missed out on that event for marketing on noise isolation performance! Nuforce recently updated their IEM range and that design should work pretty well for comfort.