| Improve your sound with Ipod headphones. In the | | | | mass produced. Admittedly, you'll be balancing this |
| beginning we had portable transitor radios. Then came | | | | against frequency loss because they will give up some |
| cassette playing Walkmans. Then came portable CD | | | | quality by using them. But, in spite of that there are |
| players. Today, we all love the choice and options that | | | | many good ones out there, and you'll probably be |
| comes with owning an Ipod. They're convenient, so | | | | more than happy...as long as you don't go too cheap. |
| you can choose to listen to whatever strikes your | | | | My personal experience has been, you really can use |
| fancy. And they carry so much bytes of space (and | | | | price as a good general guideline to determine quality. |
| getting better all the time) that it's possible to have | | | | Of course, nothing's set in stone. |
| thousands of songs! | | | | 2. The next most expensive option are styles called |
| A great portable device like these from Apple... require | | | | circumaural (which go over your ear). These usually |
| great headphones. And it doesn't mean the ones that | | | | give better music quality because they deaden a lot of |
| came with the unit. I think we all can agree...there's | | | | background noise, resulting in higher quality from your |
| improvement to be made in this area. | | | | Ipod. However, for most Ipod use (which means |
| So, where can get good Ipod headphones? A great | | | | portablity) they are often impractical because they're |
| place to start would be at a quality head phone | | | | so big. Of course, that the defeats the main purpose |
| website like They have manufacturers and makes | | | | for carrying an Apple in the first place. |
| that include Sennheiser, Shure, AKG, Etymotic | | | | 3. One of the best options, although it can also be one |
| Research, Ultimate Ears, V-Moda, SkullCandy and | | | | of the most expensive is to use canalphones. These |
| others. | | | | are the Shure, Ultimate Ears type of earphone. This |
| When buying Ipod headphones, you'll want to take into | | | | type is inserted directly into the ear canal (almost like |
| consideration several factors... including comfort level, | | | | earplugs). They have a softer, elongated outer shell |
| affordability, durability, and ability to accurately transmit | | | | which helps to block out excessive background noise |
| the sound. | | | | (called passive noise reduction) and the sound is |
| Let's consider affordability first. | | | | directed precisely into your ear. Giving better quality. |
| 1. If you're looking for less expensive: supra-aural are | | | | Disadvantage? They're more expensive because of |
| the choice to make. (Supra-aural headphones are the | | | | the cost to make the tiny components in them. |
| kind that sits on the ear). They are inexpensive and | | | | |