Last week I broke my headphones again, so I’m back to the iPod earbuds.
A couple of years ago I only rarely saw anyone with the white cable. Last year there were reports of strangers sharing music. Now I see iPod people everywhere. It makes sense — Apple has been selling millions of the things.
So since Apple has sold out, people are hiding their iPods or asserting their old school cred.
Sometimes I feel stupid wearing those very distinct earbuds. I don’t want to be in some cult. I’m not trying to show off. I just wanted all my music in one place. Not that my iPod is big enough for that…
Anyway, they don’t sound as good. Time to get soldering.
31 October 2004Denon AH-D210s. They sit on but not around my ears, and are better than the earbuds but not fantastic at blocking ambient sound.
You could try Griffin’s EarJams, which snap on to iPod earbuds. Or maybe some crazy noise-cancellation headphones.
grant 1 November 2004To quote a random slashdot comment about this:
… SURE it may start as innocent sharing of your iPod music with a stranger, but the next thing you know you’ll be sitting in a public restroom on the wrong end of a glory hole wondering what the hell went wrong.
J 2 November 2004
What heapdhones were you using? Do they block ambient noise at all? I’ve often thought my iPod would be more useful if busses weren’t so damned noisy.
tim 1 November 2004