The Find: earphones that are as much about style as they are about sound
The Find: earphones that are as much about style as they are about sound
There was a time when you couldn’t throw a rock without hitting someone listening to music on Apple earbuds, but times have changed from the days of the first-generation iPod nearly 11 years ago. Those white earbuds, free with purchase, have a tendency to fall apart rather quickly, so we went looking for good-looking options with high quality sound that lent themselves to four distinctly different ways of listening: lying poolside relaxing to Frank Ocean; strutting down Queen Street West; lounging in an open-concept loft space on a Barcelona chair listening to Massive Attack; and travelling comfortably (the pair we’ve selected is also for those who don’t really care about how their headphones look).
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- Velodyne vPulse earbuds, $170. These earbuds offer superior noise attenuation and they produce really clean bass for those heavy summer jams. <a href="http://www.amazon.ca/gp/product/B007ZRK7TK/ref=as_li_qf_sp_asin_tl?ie=UTF8&tag=torolife-20&linkCode=as2&camp=15121&creative=330641&creativeASIN=B007ZRK7TK">Click to buy »</a><img src="http://www.assoc-amazon.ca/e/ir?t=torolife-20&l=as2&o=15&a=B007ZRK7TK" width="1" height="1" border="0" alt="" style="border:none !important; margin:0px !important;" /><br />
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- Bose Quiet Comfort 3, $399. These may look fairly dated and generic, but Bose’s headphones are incredibly comfortable and offer top-of-the-line noise reduction. <a href="http://www.bose.ca/controller?url=/shop_online/headphones/noise_cancelling_headphones/quietcomfort_3/index.jsp&intcmp=0">Click to buy »</a>
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- Urban Ears Burgis earbuds, $50. These are definitely for the music listener who puts style before anything else. The pair photographed is a mustard colour, but these come in a variety of matte finishes. Added bonus: the earbuds snap together so they can be worn around the neck. <a href="http://www.urbanears.com/headphones/bagis/bagis-mustard">Click to buy »</a>
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- Monster Cable Inspiration headphones, $350. These Monster Cable headphones boast active noise cancelling to ensure clean sound, and the ear pieces are finished with sleek brushed titanium. <a href="http://www.monstercable.com/productdisplay.asp?pin=6548">Click to buy »</a>
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- The Find: headphones
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There was a time when you couldn’t throw a rock without hitting someone listening to music on Apple earbuds, but times have changed from the days of the first-generation iPod nearly 11 years ago. Those white earbuds, free with purchase, have a tendency to fall apart rather quickly, so we went looking for good-looking options with high quality sound that lent themselves to four distinctly different ways of listening: lying poolside relaxing to Frank Ocean; strutting down Queen Street West; lounging in an open-concept loft space on a Barcelona chair listening to Massive Attack; and travelling comfortably (the pair we’ve selected is also for those who don’t really care about how their headphones look).
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No mention of Grado, Sennheiser, Koss, Shure, etc. This is a poorly researched article, TL. You may as well tell people to pick up some ‘phones from Beats by Dre because those look cool and they must sound good too.
it is a curated list, not an all encompassing one. the readers, or maybe just the commenters, on the TL blogs are such a bunch of whiny trolls.
Sorry for offering a differentiating opinion. I don’t know how I was exactly trolling but I apologize if I came across that way. But I’ll repeat: this is a poorly researched article and is all style above substance. I don’t care if it’s “curated” or however you want to classify it, it’s curated poorly.
I can’t believe you didn’t mention BEATS BY DRE! Unbelievable. What has this world come to today? Help the economy TL!