earphones

Do I need to pay more than £30 for earphones?

Digital Living I've seen earphones cost from about £20 to £500. With headphones and earphones, a higher cost usually equals higher performance. The bundled, or 'stock', earphones given free with MP3 players -- even expensive models such as the iPod classic or...

Tags: noise, compressed, speaker, pair

17 October 2007, 14:30

End the gadget madness and put the iPod down

Digital Living This morning I was armed with a Treo 650 Palm OS smart phone in a belt-holster, an MSI Megaview M588 portable video player, a 60GB iPod, a Sony PSP in a shatter-proof case and a pair of Senheisser PX200 earphones.

18 March 2006, 8:00

What's lossless audio and do I need it?

Digital Living The main reason to use lossless audio is if you use a high-quality hi-fi speaker system at home, or if you use very expensive earphones. I've heard that using lossless audio compression gives hugely improved sound quality over MP3.

18 July 2007, 11:55