Routines with earphones. Where and when are they your inseparable companions?

HeroeSpiN

I feel the same, whenever I leave my apartment, I need to have my earphones if I know that I’ll be alone at one point.

I also like the fact that I should be able to wear it and put my headphones over it so that I can hear my piano lesson and my piano

Lastly, I love to be lying down, on the ground, on or in my bed, on the sofa or even in the grass so they shouldn’t be too bulky in order to rest my head flat without being hurt

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HeroeSpiN

Earphones are indeed the best company. We created the necessity of having them, and now, who can live without having at least one attached to our ears?

I still haven’t found earphones or headphones with which I can lay down comfortably. Maybe that’s the next step in the earphones market?

Rob ⚡️

Hehe, the ear (1) took over the forums like a hurricane, but aren’t they the stars of the place so far? 😎

I hope that your new daily driver manages perfectly those tasks you need it for and that the ANC does wonders with the noises in the three situations you described.

I hate to put the phone anywhere close to my face or my ears so I absolutely avoid making phone calls without any sort of earphone gadget. I wish that we are not far from the perfect calling experience using earphones.

Cheetosdust

Thank you for your kind words! 🤓

Do you think that using ANC in an already silent room will make any difference in your experience, making your music even more immersive?

It sounds like a good plan to test the ear (1) around traffic, especially with music that is not too loud and full of intensity, or even a podcast.

I think like you, if you keep the expectations low you are more likely to be surprised than to be disappointed. I can’t wait to read your thoughts, experiences and opinions on the device, and to know if that positive impact materialises better than you expected.

Rob ⚡️

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Cheers, Bits, I’m happy to see another thread opening up – the forums have felt a bit sombre recently regarding ear (1) delivery times! 😅

I plan for ear (1) to become my daily driver, they’ll assume such duties as:

· Podcast listening whilst at the gym and walking to work

· Music whilst I wash the dishes

· Watching video whilst on public transport

The only listening device they won’t be replacing for me is a PS5 headset.

I actively avoid making phone calls with earbuds; I find that the added complexity of gestures, auto play/pause from in-ear sensors and needing to keep another device charged makes them too much of a liability when an important call is expected.

Rob

Cheetosdust

Archive (bot) Many thanks for this thread, Bits, love the writing and the banner is lovely. 😎

Earphones and headphones are an intrinsic part of my everyday life. I don’t have special habits, but I do have a lot of rooted ones.

For the majority of my days, I listen to music on Spotify while I work, so the earbuds are always with me. Taking advantage of the Premium subscription, many times I get lost in the uninterrupted pleasure of discovering a sequence of new playlists created by algorithmic magic.

And when outside, I always take the earbuds with me. I go for walks daily, so I either continue with the Spotify session, I change to podcasts (I use an app called Pocket Casts), or I spend the walk on a video call.

To answer your second question, I do have two special places: first I want to enjoy them in a room that’s as quiet as it can be. I want to discover what they are capable of doing without any noise around them.

After that, I am going to take them for a walk. Not a specific route, but since I live in one of the biggest cities in the country, I really want to discover what the noise cancelling can do against cars, buses, people talking, etc.

Cities have a sort of “white noise” composed of a lot of sounds that you really don’t want around your music or the voice of the person with whom you are talking with. Microphones will also be tested to the maximum.

Between Spotify, Pocket Casts and video calls, I cannot wait to try the ear (1). I don’t want to expect a lot, since that’s a shortcut to be disappointed, but nonetheless, I am hopeful that they can have a positive impact in my everyday life.

Cheetosdust

Archive (bot) I hope so and I hope that the ear (1) are a gateway to the moment; not to another dimension nor to another place in time, but the moment. Immersion can be just another word for “present”.

I am not expecting a new attributive layer to the music I already know; all those songs are already special because of the memories and emotions associated with them, from Tool to Carina Round and Puscifer or A Perfect Circle, making a stop in Shiny (the song from Moana); because music can be the sound communicating with everything your mind makes you feel.

What I am hopeful for is the silence around. Traffic and people you don’t care about are mundane, so ANC, if done well, can be a pause button, while you and the people who matter to you, a play, fast-forward and slow motion buttons, all at once.

If I’m disappointed by the ear (1), I’ll have a new term of comparison when a good pair of earbuds are in my ears. My mind is not set in loving or hating them, but using them to exercise critical thinking. Whatever may come, I am all ears.