I'm normally an earbud person for practicality's sake; I'm usually in transit when using my iPod, so all I have patience for (er, time for, as I am perpetually 10 minutes late) is grabbing a little white cord on my way out.
That doesn't mean I'm not into over-ear headphones, so I might actually break down and buy a pair, especially when faced with the rainbow-hued variety of
Zumreed's Dream Color Headphones, each $60.
I'm curious about the sound quality, but I am also very shallowly not caring as much about that as I am about how I'll look in them.
Welcome back to my
Buzz Gift Guide series for all the entertainment lovers in your life. I've covered a lot of different categories over the past couple of weeks to help you cross off the TV, movie, and music buffs on your list. Today I've got some ideas for smaller-sized gifts to slip into stockings.
In the
Twilight trailer, we see Bella get rescued from being hit by a van by Edward (goosebumps). I'm not as concerned with the fact that a teenage boy can stop steel (because he looks so hot doing it) as much as I am with the fact that Bella was in the parking lot with her earbuds in. No, no!
Long known for their hip, smart watches, the company Nixon is expanding into geeky territory with some rad-looking headphones!
These
Nixon the Master Blaster Headphones are available on preorder for about $250, and besides looking legit (I think Anne Hathaway
would love them), I think the padding on the strap looks deliciously comfy.
However, your liking for these might differ if you're either not into the look of the padding, or are simply not an over-the-head headphones person (not to mention the price).
Mouse pads are usually just
cute, maybe sometimes
fun, but they're almost never this rad! The
Headphones Mouse Pad ($7) is made from an original screenprint design — the medley of colors and the headphone print are TDF, right?
It's way cooler than the primary-color gel-wrist mouse pad I'm rocking right now, so maybe it's time to change it up.
I guess Steve Jobs finally got the memo that the standard white iPod/iPhone earphones, well . . .
Wesc's
ALP Horn Headphones fit in with the brand's usual street style, but this pair is different in a major way: The ear pads are rectangular! While I think they look cool (though I don't know if a
headphone-sporting starlet would wear them), I have serious concerns about comfort. Can square pads feel that great?
My poor dad sometimes tells me to repeat something, and then with a knowing look says "rock concerts," as if to explain how he's lost a little bit of his hearing over the years. I wonder if one day I'll be saying "earbuds" as an explanation to my kids when I don't catch what they say right away.
That's what a
CNET writer fears, due to the widespread use of in-ear headphones (and the fact that he can hear the music of other people outside their headphones), and I do too, especially with the option and temptation to turn it up, up, up.
