In the last post on the sound theme, I thought I would have a look at headphones. I have looked at noise cancellation headphones before in the context of travel and getting to sleep on planes. Of course a nice pair of headphones would be a great way of listening to the output of your recently acquired computer sound card!

Apart from the filtering out the white noise found in aircraft cabins, a set of headphones are useful in a number of other scenarios. Being able to play games with the full sound experience without annoying everyone else in the house who happens to be working or revising for their GCSE’s. Being able to listen to your latest music without sending your parents completely insane (something I can relate to). I am sure that you can think of a number of other scenarios too.

Most sound cards now have software that provides the ability to give a virtual “surround sound” experience through just two speakers. Often referred to as 3D virtual this means that listening to a movie or games through earphones can be just as amazing experience as listening through a 5.1 or 7.1 speaker system. A really nice mid range pair of head phones that although are not noise cancellation do have a great sound are these Sennheiser HD 595 Headphones.