Angst In My Pangst

The earphones to my discman are busted. One of the phones doesn’t make any sound at all. That means, at the end of a month saturated with expenditure and needless buying, I need to spend some more cash.(Needless? Ha ha ha ha! )

For some funny reason, earphones never seem to last with me, even though I am a big fan of theirs. I mean, most people seem to have this problem of the earphones being too big or too small for the ears, they keep popping out ( never heard a case where they keep sliding in and got stuck inside the earhole, though.) I can’t handle headphones. The big ones give me a headache, plus, especially in the summer, they get my ears all hot and sweaty underneath. The smaller ones “leak”, you can’t put on anything at decent volume without half the world listening in, and face it, that tinny sound from someone else’s headphones is really too much, especially when you are in a public place and are talking to somebody. ( Believe it or not, I have civic sense, at least when it comes to music! ) But ok, like I said, the shelf-life of the average earphone-set decreases tremendously when I use them. Dunno why – my volume level doesn’t cross 6 (the average being 4).

I must have used some 4 sets of Aiwa earphones with my walkman, and now with the discie (does a word like “discie” exist?), this is the second pair to go bad, and both the sets were pretty good.

And I have my fads too. I can’t handle earphones with rubber muffs, they keep popping out. And no phones with equal left and right lengths for me, the best ones are those with a short left and a long right, perfect to wear around the neck.

I am using my blog to discuss designs of earphones. Jeezalouise!!!

Now where do I get the new pair from? Abids? Cheap, but won’t last too long. MW, Lifestyle, as usual doesn’t carry the ones I want in stock. Let’s see. Will have to check out some shops I know.

Thanks, rulinian, for the funny start to the week. :-)