I don't listen to music much (and especially not on the go), but I'd chalk it up to popularity. It seems like a pseudo-retro trend is going around with all these hipster kids and what not.
What's With Everyone Wearing Headphones Recently?
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Well I am a bit of an Audiophile so that explains why I go almost everywhere with headphones in. Walking without music is like... well I don't really have an analogy for it but it is horrible.
Oh and I have Bose in ear headphones and some cheap $30 over the ear headphones. Don't get this obsession with Skullcandy, tried some and the quality was rather average. Never tried Beats by Dre.
Oh and I have Bose in ear headphones and some cheap $30 over the ear headphones. Don't get this obsession with Skullcandy, tried some and the quality was rather average. Never tried Beats by Dre.
I'm a music tech student who can't stand the sound quality of in-ear headphones and doesn't mind if people look at him funny. Deal with it.
I've always worn a nice set of headphones, earbuds hurt my ears.
But I have noticed an awful lot of people starting to wear them as more a fashion statement than anything else. I wear a lower end set of BOSS headphones, they aren't flamboyant or over the top, but plenty of people are wearing bright and flashy headphones now, and preaching about how cool and original they are for wearing full headphones as opposed to the 'sheeple' with earbuds.
Tl;dr, I was wearing headphones in between it being cool, then losing it's coolness, then becoming cool again.
But I have noticed an awful lot of people starting to wear them as more a fashion statement than anything else. I wear a lower end set of BOSS headphones, they aren't flamboyant or over the top, but plenty of people are wearing bright and flashy headphones now, and preaching about how cool and original they are for wearing full headphones as opposed to the 'sheeple' with earbuds.
Tl;dr, I was wearing headphones in between it being cool, then losing it's coolness, then becoming cool again.
Yeah, this is something of an odd trend. I see it a *lot* more than I used to.
I've been using earbuds since 2007, in part because I have slight hearing damage so the shape actually helps the audio clarity for my poor eardrums, but mostly because headphones like the sorts I see all over campus now are freakin' HUGE in comparison.
Still, it beats the people who wear the smaller headphones around their neck just so they can "Blast" their autotuned+synth garbage everywhere (and no, I'm not generalizing there; everyone who does this on my campus is listening to music that half-sounds like an oscilloscope in labor. It's irritating).
I've been using earbuds since 2007, in part because I have slight hearing damage so the shape actually helps the audio clarity for my poor eardrums, but mostly because headphones like the sorts I see all over campus now are freakin' HUGE in comparison.
Still, it beats the people who wear the smaller headphones around their neck just so they can "Blast" their autotuned+synth garbage everywhere (and no, I'm not generalizing there; everyone who does this on my campus is listening to music that half-sounds like an oscilloscope in labor. It's irritating).
I wear headphones a lot mostly because I like my music so loud and will probably go deaf in my 40's. I choose over ear headphones for this reason as well. The louder you get the crappier the sound quality gets and with ear buds this is pretty bad with the small drivers. Also I do have a pair of beats by dre. the $300 ones and although they have great bass they are not the best quality for the price, but they are pretty good.
EDIT: Also one of the main reasons I wear over the ear headphones is that ear buds hurt my inner ear after like 20 min.
EDIT: Also one of the main reasons I wear over the ear headphones is that ear buds hurt my inner ear after like 20 min.
I have the exact same rule. I live in Oakland and commute to SF via bike three times a week for school. Some of the places I ride through are totally sketch, and the last thing I want is for people to know I have an mp3 player.Craorach said:
Jokes on them though because it's a zune (gave up on ipod after 6 of them broke on me...)
Honestly, the reason I wear my huge-ass Skullcandy headphones is because their buds break too often simply by using them.
Not sure if that will happen with the pair I have now, but hey. I can dream, can't I?
Not sure if that will happen with the pair I have now, but hey. I can dream, can't I?
I just wear my enormous Astro A40 headset because they are the only headphones I have that aren't broken.
I will admit I bought the beats on some bad advice from a trendy friend who said they were "amazing!" If you have only used cheap earphones then they will be amazing, but for the price I could have gotten much better headphones, but oh well.4RM3D said:
I don't wear them to University, but, I do own headphones, stick to Sennheiser though, quality is pretty top-notch.
Owned some 650s for a while, but, they broke.
Owned some 650s for a while, but, they broke.
I wear headphones cuz I hate putting those little earbuds in my ears. They're fucking annoying.
Beats are way too expensive for me though, it's ridiculous.
Beats are way too expensive for me though, it's ridiculous.