An Unexpected Bonus

Following on from my trip to the Podcast and Portable Media Expo a few weeks ago, I stumbled upon an unexpected bonus. As the flight from Manchester to LA was approximately 10 hours, I thought I'd treat my self to a pair of Shure E2C-N In-Ear Headphones (affiliate link!).

These are noise cancelling headphones, just the job for cutting out extraneous noise on the flight. They worked extremely well but I must admit, I don't make that many transatlantic flights so they could be considered a bit of an extravagance!

But!

It was time to cut the lawn yesterday and I've got a fairly large garden and an old very noisy petrol lawnmower. I've tried to listen to my iPod in the past but even with the volume turned up full, it was still difficult to hear and it can't really be that good for my hearing.

Ding!

Why not try the Shures? Popped them in and with my iPod only on half volume I was able to listen to and fully understand a rather badly recorded podcast. Result!

I feel a lot better now knowing I'll get regular use out the EC2's rather than just waiting until the next Podcast Expo :-)

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