Earphones

[Josquius]

Does anyone know anything about earphones?
I'm thinking of getting myself some of those snazzy big noise cancelling ones so I can practice my guitar and concentrate when I have to work, but I'm not sure whats what.
A few brand names rattle in my head but no idea which are the best.
Anyone with a clue?

[Grey Fox]

Now, this is the biggest can of worms one can open.

Buy this. Noise cancelling is a scam.

[Liep]

Now, this is the biggest can of worms one can open.

Buy this. Noise cancelling is a scam.

If noise cancelling works how is it a scam? I bought some for a flight once and when I turned it on it was complete bliss.

[Darth Wagtaros]

From what I know, you either splurge on the expensive ones or not bother. 

[grumbler]

Headphone effectiveness depends on what you are looking for.  If you just want to hear yourself play an electric guitar, you can get by with fairly basic headphones like Bose noise-cancelling headphones (they'l run you around $60).  You'll get noise if you move around, and you won't cancel out higher-frequency or transient sounds (like people talking), nor will you get great bass response, but that may do you.  If you really want to cancel out noise, get noise-isolating headphones like maybe the Bose QC25s.  They'll run you about $300, but were the best noise-isolating headphones last year.

Spend extra money if it means that you can't hear GF give you bogus info.

[grumbler]

Now, this is the biggest can of worms one can open.

Buy this. Noise cancelling is a scam.

If noise cancelling works how is it a scam? I bought some for a flight once and when I turned it on it was complete bliss.

Never listen to GF.  Even cheap NC headphones do great at eliminating low steady noise like aircraft engines.

[grumbler]

Oh, and I ended up getting Klipsch Image One headphones (the lower-end basic headphones) because they sounded good, were on sale, and I didn't need much sound cancellation.  But my search is where I reached the conclusions I shared above.

[Grey Fox]

[garbon]

I always use the cheapest earphones as I inevitably break them/lose them.

[Josquius]

So Bose is the make to look for?

[The Minsky Moment]

I do like those Beyer ones Gray Fox linked to.  Don't know if they sound much better than the competition but they are really, really comfortable.

Don't care much for fancy noise cancelling; for loud places I use in-ear (Westone).

[lustindarkness]

Ignore the gay fox, he has already proven he has no idea what he is talking about on the topic.

My son has a pair of Bose that work awesome. The noise cancelling works, and the sound quality is awesome. Don't ask me the model or how much they cost, I don't know and don't want to know.

[Grey Fox]

I have only proven 2 things.

1. Can of worms.
2. You all disagree with me.

I have no idea why this discredits my opinions.

[Admiral Yi]

2. You all disagree with me.

I disagree with this.

[Eddie Teach]

I neither agree nor disagree.