New "Cans"

I blogged before about getting new head phones. I liked them, they felt great, but they had a really loud hiss that just ticked me off 'cause I had to keep the volume so loud to hide it. So then I went out and got even more expensive sony headphones. They hissed less, but they were uncomfortable. So I took those back too.

But the important thing is that I figured out why they hiss! I did this by comparing those sony headphones to ones that my co-worker just got. His were cheaper. His didn't really hiss at all. The secret is to look at the sensitivity. The higher the sensitivity, the more hiss I got. Having a higher sensitivity is a good thing, but not in this case.

So I went back to Futureshop again (third time is the charm!) and got cheaper headphones that are comfortable (but not as much as the first pair) with a lower sensitivity. Now they don't hiss. ;-) AND they block out what people are saying around me. Overall, it worked out well.

Listening to: Red Hot Chili Peppers - throw away your television