divine angst

To everyone taking the bar this week:

Remember: you only have to pass!

So I bought a new set of headphones over the weekend. Partly because the little white iPod earbuds were starting to make my ears ache (after several hours listening to music at work) and partly because, even though I rarely listen to fearmongers, I don’t want to be one of those people who gets targeted by petty theives or muggers just because I have iPod headphones.

So I bought these. Mr. Angst has a pair and likes them for both the sound quality and the noise-cancelling abilities.

I am using them this morning and I’m not yet sure how much I like them. Yes, they are more comfortable in my ear, but only after getting used to having them shoved down in my ear canal. And you really have to shove them in, or the sound quality is not better at all. I do like that they muffle sound, and that’s probably terrific on an airplane, but I’m not sure how good it is in the office. (It is nice, though, that I can barely hear my own clackety-clacking on the keyboard as I type.)

Obviously, I’ll continue using them—they are much better than the iPod earbuds. But I may play around with the earbud covers since I have two other sizes. Maybe a smaller size will be more appropriate for the office, muffling less noise without sounding tinny. (As of right now, if I want to muffle noise less, I have to pull the earbuds out of my ears slightly, which leads to sound quality similar to holding your phone three inches from your ear and trying to hear the other person.)