Onward!!

I got a pair of Sennheiser CX300 headphones from Amazon. In a logic-defying move I actually paid more to get them in snazzy “ecological” packaging, if only to get them quicker and with free postage. Really, I don’t understand why packaging that must be cheaper to create must cost more, especially when no self-respecting company can any longer afford to ignore “green issues”. What is inherently more expensive in cardboard cut-outs compared to “traditional” packaging? And, should their price be justified by scale, i.e. smaller production numbers of the ecological packaging, why should they have two types of packaging at all?

The ecology of importing headphones in cardboard packages wrapped in taped-up plastic from China could of course be a point of discussion in itself.

I’ve only listened to a few songs on them so far. Being my first pair of in-ear headphones, they do take some getting used to – my ears hurt! Thankfully they come with varying sizes of “ear-fit rings” though now that I’ve switched to the smaller ones it oddly feels like the sound is tinnier. It’s like the ones that fill your ear to the brim produce a warmer, more enveloping sound. All a matter of getting used to, probably. I’m glad I don’t have the elephant-like ears required for the bigger rings, though!

The nice thing about these headphones is that there’s practically no bleedout of noise, meaning I can blast away in the library without inflicting my terrible taste on other people. Other than the air-drumming and stuff, that is.