Head Phones, Ear Phones, Ear Buds?

[GrizLeeBear]

Headphones are large and cover the entire ear. Ear phones are smaller, about the size of a silver dollar and just cover a small part of the ear. Ear Buds fit inside the ear. Which do you use and why?

I like ear buds, as long as they fit, because they are light and cooler in hot weather.

 

[gleaner1]

A comfortable, quality set of full-blown tectin ear phones with very good sound, that fully covers the ears, to minimize outside noise, is probably the most important yet most underrated and misunderstood tectin accessory hands down for the weekend tecter dudes and lassies. But not the old timers.

 

[GrizLeeBear]

Ok, i finally got my ipod headphones out and took a pic of them. I wear them when walk, running, jogging, biking, hiking and anyting where i am moving. They are made by sony and block out some noise but not all of it. Not aure if sony still makes them but here are the pictures. The have a soft clip thing that goes around the back outside of the ear that can be taken off and not used as i pictured it.

Did these come with an Ipod? Do they still sell Ipods? Most of the Ipod ear buds I've seen are white. Thanks for the pictures. They explain it well.

 

[gerryk]

No griz they ddnt. I found them at Best buy but it looks like they dont make them any longer. Sony makes anorr pair that has like a complete loop that goes around your ear. I tried thise and didnt like em. These worked great for walking, jogging and bike riding.

 

[twiasp]

you can easily buy extensions if your earbuds are not long enough without pulling out all the time, shouldn't be much at amazon.com or radioshack.

 

[roadrunner]

I will call Whites and see what impedance my machine is at.
It is a Whites Goldmaster V/Sat.
No specifications are in my manual.
So, the best head phones, or buds, will match the impedance, right? What if i can only find 30ohms, impedance, but what if I need 8. What will happen?
What about the htz? Does it matter also?

 

[texasred777]

I've got a pair of earphones that covers just some of my ear; I've got a pair that covers the ear completely and keeps most sounds out. Which pair I use depends on the location I'm detecting. I've got an extension. I found some at Dollar Tree for a buck each. I haven't seen them there lately. They had them in 3' and 6' lengths. If they get more, I'm going to buy several more. As far as earbuds, no, I can't seem to keep them in my ears; and don't like the feel. I've bought several pairs of ear and headphones from Amazon and Ebay. I think the most I've paid was less than $10. I've had no problems with them. Most of my 'phones get ruined because I 'loan' them to my son, grandson, and their friends for their gaming. They've had to cough up money for several pair that they ruined! I'm seeing a lot of references to the 'ghost' and other headphones, but haven't used any of them. I've found dimes at least 5" or deeper with cheap headphones that others have passed over with their detectors many times. The more expensive headphones may be worth buying to some. I haven't felt that I need them that much. (I'm a cheap-skate!)