"In ear" or "over ear"

Legacy_user

When it comes down to listening to ipods etc, I was wondering what the benefit of the over ear listening headphones were like, compared to the conventional type.

Is it that the conventional type pull out easily whereas those that appear to be clipped to the ear, remain in situ?

totalsolutions

I cannot wear standard in ear 'phone's so I dont have a choice because they fall out and are painfull to me. Some very nice Sony Pro headsets out there, so I would think they sound much better.

Domokun

Having used over-ears, I won't return to in-ears. The tone seems better, I don't get a headache after extensive listening, and they cut out more external noise IMO.

System

Now that's interesting re headache. I used my "in-ear" headphones for two journeys yesterday and thought I'd got a headache and wondered if it was due to their use. How do "over-ear" phones eliminate this?

Oh, I've just googled sony pro headphones and saw headphones. I was hoping to see the clip over ears individually type.

vyseyboy

Another thing to think about...

With cheap in-ear headphones which also are noise-isolating, I often find that the tight seal of the foam / silicone in ear means that any vibrations through the dangling wires are carried up to the earpieces and converted into constant loud irritating noises and thuds. It's hard to explain without experiencing it, but having tried over-ear headphones, I can say that it doesn't happen with them. I guess the over-ear arrangement means that the part in your ear doesn't move as much / can't act as a carrier for vibrations from the audio leads.