Headphone Culture in the 21st century

[Scootarooni]

For awhile, I used wired or bluetooth earbuds (wired for home, bluetooth for on-the-go). But lately they've been causing me issues. I'm already a bit hard of hearing and I've noticed in-ear/earbuds have been slightly making it worse overtime, so I decided to switch over to headphones.

I bought a Sony WH-1000XM4 and I've been really liking it! The sound is great, it's way more comfortable than I expected and I really like the option for noise cancelling. It really comes in handy when I'm out in public and feeling overstimulated.

I still use my wired earbuds at home when I'm playing games (particularly rhythm games) because I want to avoid the delay that bluetooth usually has. Maybe I'll find some nice wired headphones once these kick the bucket...which may take quite a few more years since I think I've already had them for a decade and they're still in great shape.

[xXStarBrite02Xx]

I used to be super against bluetooth earbuds, I didn't want to have another thing to keep charged... until I was forced into wireless when I got a new phone, and it felt a little magical not having a wire bouncing around and knowing my music was being played through the AIR?! then it felt normal to me and i wondered how I ever managed like that for so long.

Then my wireless earbuds got lost, at the same time I dropped Spotify for a dedicated MP3 player, so for now I'm back to wired and I hate it! I usually only have one earbud in so I can hold a conversation and stay aware of my surroundings, so i have to deal with the wire being pulled into my bag and clashing with my outfit, and worry about my earbud I'm not wearing falling off the wire (they're IEMs). thankfully my MP3 player supports bluetooth, I just need to save up for a nice pair!

[cynderthekitsune]

i personally use over-ears (specifically noise-cancelling) for my ASD mostly; it's great to have something i can have around my neck and put on if i simply can't handle shit at the moment.

also, i do have earpods - but the right earbud (specifically the larger speaker opening, the one pointing towards the insides of ur ear) no longer makes any audio, but that stupid thin line on the side of it still does. so i've gotta physically turn it 90 degrees in my head and it's so awkward lmao

though, i do have Astro A10 gen 2's, but they suck tbh. they feel super nice, but they're just touchy now (i haven't even had them for half a year!!) and the audio jack in it is soo finicky. and one side feels slightly louder than the other,
i lovee the gel padding though. but i just hate how much they eat my hair!! i have long(ish) hair and it loves to do that!

plus they're all wired :3

i use an iPod Nano 6th gen and a digital Walkman from ~2011 for my music. both have 8 gigs of storage, though both are being filled badly aaah
i use the Walkman more since i can actually drag and drop songs onto it, but the iPod forces me to use Windows just to import a song!
whatevs. i use VLC on my PC for my music too, or Audacious :D