Cwlondon, the best place to ask this question where all the hardcore headphone fanatics hang out...Head-Fi. Their forums are highly active and there a lot of users who have tried nearly every brand, type, and style of headphone ever on the market(or close to).
Best Private Retreat Using Closed Headphones
To avoid competing with other distractions around the house, I am reconsidering the use of headphones.
For years, I have had a few pairs and headphone amps around: Etymotics, Grados, and Sennheiser 580's to name a few, but rarely used any of them.
I don't like the claustrophic, inside my head feel of the in ear designs, other than maybe on airplanes or my motorbike where I sometimes listen to books on tape.
And I notice that with open phones, they get much louder from the outside than I would like. I don't want to distract anyone, or broadcast whatever I am listening to.
Are there any audiophile, closed headphones that you have tried? Would these permit a bit of escape without bothering or waking anyone else?
Thanks for thoughts.