Headphones
November 2nd, 2003 | Published in Guides
Grado Labs SR-60 (http://www.gradolabs.com/)
About the best headphones (open air) that you can buy for the money (~$65). Sweet cans, good for home/office use, where you don’t want to block out ambient noise. The cable is quite thick on these, making them less than ideal in portable situations.
Shure E2c (http://www.shure.com/psm/earphones/default.asp)
These sub-$100 ‘phones have been getting nice reviews. They’re on my list. Because they are in-ear, they block ambient noise very well. I’d be a little cautious taking them out walking (some times, hearing traffic is a good thing), but many folks swear by these for traveling.
Etymotic ER-6 (http://www.etymotic.com/)
Comparable to the Shure E2c’s, Etymotic also makes superior in-ear headphones.
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