Hello Team LB?
I don’t always ride with music on, but I’ve got a trip coming up and all day riding with just ear plugs… and thought its ipod perfect.
I’ve got these ‘in-ear’ jobs from Sony, but after an hour in my Arai it hurts soooo much.
I used to have an autocom in my roof, which was great, but its old and crappy and needs to be re-installed (mush rather get the new stuff). But thats an expensive option.
Anyone use headphones regularly? Which kind work best?
HELP!
Thanks
I hate the in-ear things, they give me a headache
The good old apple earphones work fine for me on my commute to work listening to the radio. It all depends on your lid mate.
I use a pair of Sennheiser CX400 II as recommended by Mr-C on here IIRC.
They are very small in-ear headphones and quite unobtrusive even with my snug Arai on.
Picked them up for about £11 + P&P. There is an integrated volume control, but I have found that unnecessary.
if you’re riding on motorways, the ipod will have to be up so loud for you to hear it to drown out the wind noise. wont do your hearing any good i wouldn’t have thought.
the proper way to do it is autocom with earplugs, or moulded earplug phones (£££££)
I use sony in-ear ones for comfort. for noise deadening and quality I use KOXX ones but they need putting in carefully otherwise they’re VERY uncomfortable
I have tried the Bose in ear and they sound awesome and they don’t hurt my ears even in my Arai. £75 though and i’m sure the Sennheiser CX300 are just as good. Trouble is they don’t let you try before you buy for obvious reasons, so its a bit of a hit and miss really.
i have got the skullcandy ear buds. Very small, round, great sound. My old ipod ones used to really hurt my ears.
I got mine off fleabay for £22.
I’ve got the skullcandy’s as well had two pairs now as I seem to always damage the cables carrying them around all the time. Great headphones and good for blocking external noise without removing all noise. My iphone doesn’t have to be up to anywhere near full on the motorway either, while with other headphones it has.
£13 from HMV did the trick…
If you’re going to be doing a lot of this sort of trip, it’s well worth investing in some custom moulded earphones. They double-up as earplugs and mean you don’t have to have your music turned up to eardrum-busting levels.
I’ve got a pair and I wouldn’t swap them for anything. Worth every penny.
http://www.audiocubes.com/index.php?cPath=23_30
From one of the Ads found on LB;)
i just use the ones that came with my n95, pain free 
The Sennheisers I got are very compfy and the sound is great. Can’t remember whether they are 300s or 400s. Sennheisers can be got very cheap on Ebay. Mine were a third of the price of the highstreet price sent from a UK address.
I’m always nervous about listening to music…worried that I wont hear something important happening around me…a car’s horn or screech of brakes etc…
+1 to this.
I got great quality in ear phones but they hurt after awhile, the Apple ones that admittedly come with the iPhone, are perfect for me.
Is a lot down to your ear shape though, some people find the stalks hurt from the standard apple ones, whereas people like me find the in ear ones tend to hurt after being pressed into your ear by your lid after awhile.
Etoymatic Er-6i are fantastic. I got mine for £45 from Ebay.
Eltimate ear are supposidely better but they are a lot more expensive.
Blood, just set the toons on the moblie to the max. Works when I’m on the bus init.
But doesn’t work under water. 
I use JVC HA-FX66-B - ‘Air Cushion’ In Ear Headphones. I find them very comfortable.
I did a similar post to this a couple of years back. Ignoring the “don’t do it”, “it’s dangerous” posts got lots of good advice.
Tried the three top recommendations, spend good hard cash on that, and guess what? None worked. The helmet was too 'kin noisy.
If I was to go there again, I’d go the custom ear plug/ear phones route. Probably be cheaper than experimenting with off the shelf stuff.
i use phillips in-ear head phones, work fine, don’t hurt after long trips, comfy. about 15-20 quid
