The recent and sudden popularity of iPods and MP3 players has resulted in an equal, if not greater, number of in-ear headphones available for use with these personal music players. The accompanying ear buds are no exception. Well fortunately there is also an ever-increasing variety of in-ear headphones that are just as small but sound better and definitely fit better than the stock earbuds that come with the music players.
The newest models of in-ear headphones have frequency responses equal to many or those larger traditional on-ear and over the ear models that have been the standard in high fidelity headphones for so many years. Talk about everything getting smaller!
Another feature favored with those large ear-covering headphones, noise reduction, is also now being shared with the newer smaller in-ear headphones. The manufacturers have listened to the consumer and are creating well-fitting earbuds that mold and form to your ear canal to naturally create an acoustic seal that keeps noise out and your music in.
Since most in-ear headphones are used with iPods or MP3 players, the headphones come with a standard 1/8-inch stereo mini connector. Many models of earbuds also include a 1/4-inch adapter which lets you use your in-ear headphones with devices that use the larger 1/4-inch audio connector.
The circumaural is the type of headphone usually used in the recording studio. It has the larger round ear pads that fit over the ears cutting out peripheral sounds.Ear buds are the headphones that tend to cause irritation to other commuters when traveling. Supra-aural headphones are the foam rubber headsets that sit on the outside of the ear and are used with personal radios. This type of headphone is usually cheap and can be easily damaged.
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