Which earphones for riding?

Damn the org! Just oredered a set of sennheiser cx400 earphones to use with the ipod.

[KnightRider]

Originally Posted by Viney

I have tried may a earphone< most of the above. However, the best fitting and most comfortable where my Sony Ericsson ear phones. You see, they are slightly curved so fit the shape of the ear really well, and are the plug type and have a 3.5mm jack but a short lead as they are meant to plug into the hands free part of the kit.

+1

The sony earphones stay in your ear far better than anything else. Trouble is my girlfriend is annoyed that I nicked the earphones for her mobile!

Hi,

I am planning to get one of these.
http://www.nimaiit.co.uk/Helmetspeakers.htm

They look good as good price too.
Has anybody tried this? Can you please let me know how did you find them?

Cheers

[Stu]

Originally Posted by bikeguy

Hi,

I am planning to get one of these.
http://www.nimaiit.co.uk/Helmetspeakers.htm

They look good as good price too.
Has anybody tried this? Can you please let me know how did you find them?

Cheers

Not tried them but I still have these for £15 if you want?

Originally Posted by Addicted

Could sell them to you for ?15
Can use them with earplugs
Personally I take them out of their foam padding & insert them behind the lining of the helmet - can't feel them at all but hear them fine.

Originally Posted by malks

sennheiser CX300

brilliant headphones!! great at cancelling out noise and you dont need to have them too loud in your ear. was really impressed with the sound quality too. can get the ear bud rubber bits in 3 diff sizes so you get a decent fit!

worth a look here:
http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/offer-lis...G/ref=dp_olp_2

[Stu]

Originally Posted by thelostboy

worth a look here:
http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/offer-lis...G/ref=dp_olp_2

you can find lots of reviews that cheap ones from amazon marketplace which you have kinked to are fakes which are rubbish.

Wow! I didnt realise everyone seems to ride with music on!

Would you recommend this to new riders or would it be too distracting?

I currently ride with plugs wedged firmly in and cant hear too much of anything. I have suffered with v.bad ear ache due to wind noise and was considering getting a whisper kit for my Shoei to cut the wind noise but suddenly music might be an option!

nb650

My Sennheiser CX300s (£39, Currys), broke at the jack and I got some crappy ones until my mum found the receipt (yay) and I have to say, I missed those earphones more than pretty much any person I've ever missed.

Got some sony-ericsson that fit in the ear that cut out a lot of external noise. However they have a tendency to move (fall out) at time, which is a pain.
So I have now got some Phillips ones from Carphone Warehouse (£25), these have clip over the ears as well as fitting into the ears. Sound quality is excellent and they remain in the same place even with a tight fitting crash helment. The only drawback is that the Phillips ones don't quite fit as sungly in as the sony-ericsson one (but since sony ones tend to move over time this is not really a major drawback relatively).

Originally Posted by nakedblue650

Wow! I didnt realise everyone seems to ride with music on!

Would you recommend this to new riders or would it be too distracting?

I currently ride with plugs wedged firmly in and cant hear too much of anything. I have suffered with v.bad ear ache due to wind noise and was considering getting a whisper kit for my Shoei to cut the wind noise but suddenly music might be an option!

nb650

Listening to music isn't the safest thing for riding a bike but then like others I still do it! Shame to block out the sound of my v twin though. A whisper kit for the Shoei is a good idea although I found that it doesn't make quite as much of a difference as advertised, I now use mine pretty much all the time.

I bought senn cx300 after reading reviews but like others I found they kept falling out even after changing the size of ear bud rubbish for me, at the moment using stardard ipod headphones. Like the look of those iasus HS92's though Stu, PM sent