Headphones enable you to enjoy music without bothering others (or having others bother you). Good headphones reproduce music far more accurately than speakers in the same price range do.
Instructions
1. Check the Recommended Components lists in the most recent April or October issue of "Stereophile" magazine for both prices and suggestions of models worth auditioning.
2. Read reviews in audio magazines and on the Internet to help you narrow your choices.
3. Look for fully enclosed, circumaural headphones if you wish to block outside noise.
4. Look for supraural headphones if you wish to be able to hear outside sounds.
5. Take some of your favorite CDs to the stores you visit. Choose CDs that will challenge the bass and treble, imaging and soundstaging, and dynamic range capabilities of the headphones.
6. Audition headphones.
7. Compare at least two or three models in a short period before making your buying decision.
8. Make your buying decision based on sound quality, comfort and price.
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