In the modern world, it is difficult to do without music, it doesn’t matter whether you ride the subway, wait for your turn in a medical institution or just run around the park, you will agree that doing all these and thousands of other things to your favorite tunes is much more fun. Moreover, a great many different mp3 players have divorced and smartphones are coming on their heels, which acquire a 3.5 mm jack almost without exception.
What is the most important thing when listening to music besides having a source? Of course, headphones, because we will not listen to music through the loudspeaker of the phone?
Most music lovers for the street choose in-ear headphones. They have one indisputable advantage over any other models. It doesn’t matter if their design is open or closed, they don’t try to fall out at every step, as is always the case with the tablets that come with most phones. But this is especially important on the run or when walking fast.
Here is just about how to choose an in-ear headphone , and I would like to tell in this article.
As a rule, well-known companies try to produce two models in one line of in-ear headphones, one closed and one open. They differ only in the design of the body, the filling and materials are the same. Open headphones have an "atmospheric" sound, they have deeper bass. In closed ones, the sound strongly depends on the degree of lining of the lining of the speaker to the ear canal, the slightest slots immediately spoil the sound picture. In general, they produce a more aggressive sound than open ones. And also, in- ear wireless headphones began to appear. But the prices for them are no less surprising than the technical parameters, so for a model with Wi-Fi called Koss Striva Tap, the manufacturer asks for a "modest" $ 500!
And if everything is clear with budget models, anyone is unlikely to expect high quality sound from them, then recently the so-called “reinforcing” type stands out among expensive models.
How are reinforcing in-ear headphones different from others and why are they so much more expensive? The fact is that small reinforcing radiators work in them, unlike traditional type speakers, they help to achieve high volume and sensitivity, which exceeds the sensitivity of traditional devices by an order of magnitude. Despite their small size, these in-ear headphones give a detailed and clear picture of the sound, in them you can appreciate the most delicate transitions and notice the slightest flaws in the artist.
And at the end of the article I will give some tips for those who are not a sound specialist, but would like to make the right choice from the abundance of in-ear speakers that is currently on the market.
First, do not chase strong bass, many manufacturers, realizing that this parameter is the key for users, artificially amplifies low frequencies, making them powerful, but unnatural.
Secondly, do not blindly trust the technical data indicated on the box. Far from always what is written there is truth. In the pursuit of sales, many brands overestimate the parameters of their products. It is not uncommon for headphones from a well-known manufacturer with declared modest characteristics to be a cut out in range than headphones from a little-known company that have proud 10-28000 Hz on the box. If we look at the numbers, it is better to pay attention to the resistance, choose models with this parameter at the level of 20-40 Ohms, if it is much higher, you are unlikely to hear anything in them.
And thirdly, of course, a classic - how much are those earbuds that you want to buy? If the price does not exceed 500 rubles, it’s quite possible to find worthy among such models, you just have to spend a lot of time choosing among mediocre fakes. If you are looking for options that are balanced in terms of price / quality, then you should pay attention to those headphones whose price ranges from 500 to 2000 rubles. These models will be a great addition to a good mp3 player or smartphone. All that is more expensive than 6000 rubles is intended for audiophiles who live music, and ordinary portable players simply will not meet the minimum requirements that such in-ear headphones impose on the source.