I tend to listen to music at my desk and on the way home. So I use my headphones for about 10ish hours a day?
I've had a similar sort of problem but with 'in ear' headphones (or earphones? Can never work out what to call those) which some years ago seemed to be phased out for 'in canal' headphones. Which annoy the hell out of me. The feeling of discomfort you described with noise cancelling headphones is pretty good description.
I tend to listen to music on the way into work. The in ear ones manage not to block out important street noise, cars etc.The canal ones manage to block out everything and suddenly make you aware of your own breathing and heartbeat etc.
So I ended up ordering on a whim a phillips something or other from the states which I've been using for a few years now to replace my Sony in ear headphones which died a while back. Not looking forward to when they break and having to go through this all over again...
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Date: 2014-01-31 04:59 pm (UTC)I tend to listen to music at my desk and on the way home. So I use my headphones for about 10ish hours a day?
I've had a similar sort of problem but with 'in ear' headphones (or earphones? Can never work out what to call those) which some years ago seemed to be phased out for 'in canal' headphones. Which annoy the hell out of me. The feeling of discomfort you described with noise cancelling headphones is pretty good description.
I tend to listen to music on the way into work. The in ear ones manage not to block out important street noise, cars etc.The canal ones manage to block out everything and suddenly make you aware of your own breathing and heartbeat etc.
So I ended up ordering on a whim a phillips something or other from the states which I've been using for a few years now to replace my Sony in ear headphones which died a while back. Not looking forward to when they break and having to go through this all over again...