headphones

What's the difference between noise-cancelling and noise-isolating headphones?

Digital Living I have to decide on a new pair of headphones. What's the difference between 'noise-isolating' and 'noise-cancelling' headphones? Both 'noise-isolating' and 'noise-cancelling' headphones aim to reduce how much sound from the outside world gets into...

19 April 2007, 10:52

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

Digital Living Am I missing something or are expensive headphones pointless? With headphones and earphones, a higher cost usually equals higher performance. Similarly with headphones, the more expensive cans may be extraordinarily pricey for the same reasons the...

Tags: noise, compressed, speaker, pair

17 October 2007, 15:30

Which mobile phone for the gym?

Digital Living You can also plug in a standard pair of headphones or use wireless Stereo Bluetooth ones. It only has a 2-megapixel camera and no Wi-Fi or 3G, but it does come with a 3.5mm headphone jack, so you can use your normal headphones.

14 January 2008, 10:49

Lost on the Underground with my PVR

Digital Living With a good set of headphones, even the noise from an Underground train fades into the background with a dedicated video device. One of the things that makes watching a film on a plane so terrible, apart from the mediocre catering, constant...

26 September 2005, 10:38

Which MP3 bit rate should I use?

Digital Living If you use the headphones that came with your player and don't listen to that much music, 128kbps will probably suffice for you. I want to use MP3s on a music player but I have no idea which bit rate to use.

16 May 2007, 15:24

Is there a non-Apple flash player I should buy?

Digital Living You could buy different-coloured headphones to disguise your lapse -- or alternatively you could consider one of the flash players on offer from other manufacturers. My friends tell me to buy an iPod Shuffle, but I don't want to look like every...

17 May 2005, 22:12

What's lossless audio and do I need it?

Digital Living If you're just listening to music on your iPod, using the bundled headphones for the 30 minutes you commute to work, you don't need lossless audio. I've heard that using lossless audio compression gives hugely improved sound quality over MP3.

18 July 2007, 12:55

Smarter commuting, the cyborg way

Digital Living The latest iPod is, of course, standard issue, along with some folding Sennheiser NoiseGuard headphones, because they sound great and you don't want to inflict your musical choices on long-suffering fellow passengers.

19 October 2005, 13:06