Do you listen to your cans in the car?
Dec 16, 2010 at 12:25 AM Post #16 of 26
Well my take is that whether they're open or not, cans give you a more personal listening experience and disconnects you with whatever happens outside that little sphere of enjoyment. I find speakers less immersive unless its in a listening room.
 
Dec 16, 2010 at 12:28 AM Post #17 of 26
Many, many years ago I was driving in the country with headphone and almost hit a kid. Stupid, stupid. Never drive with headphones. I won't even drive with loud music. 
 
Dec 16, 2010 at 1:24 AM Post #18 of 26
Illegality depends on the state you're driving in.

Legal or not, it is stupid to drive with headphones on. You need all of your senses.

To get on with a rant, when did the pleasure of driving become less important than music? I can drive for hours without needing music. The road and the act of driving is wonderful. You don't need any distractions.

This has become more important to me since I became a biker about a year ago. I love to ride just to ride. The open road is something to be cherished - not filled up with distractions.
 
Dec 16, 2010 at 1:53 AM Post #20 of 26


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uncle erik said:
Illegality depends on the state you're driving in.

Legal or not, it is stupid to drive with headphones on. You need all of your senses.

To get on with a rant, when did the pleasure of driving become less important than music? I can drive for hours without needing music. The road and the act of driving is wonderful. You don't need any distractions.

This has become more important to me since I became a biker about a year ago. I love to ride just to ride. The open road is something to be cherished - not filled up with distractions.
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:frowning2: I get the point about headphones, and I agree. But....it's the classic American style to be driving down the freeway, left arm out the window, buddy in the passengers seat, and 70's/80's rock blasting. I love the feel of a good car sound system while driving on the freeway. It just makes life that much better lol
 
Dec 16, 2010 at 5:28 AM Post #21 of 26
I fail to understand how wearing headphones is more dangerous while driving than blasting your car speakers like so many do.
I regularly use my IEMs (on low volume, ofc) behind the steering wheel, but only because full size headphones are too easily spotted by the cops
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Car speakers just won't get anywhere close to the sound quality of headphones, unless you spend thousands of dollars.
 
If they just made it legal, I would use my Grados which are a lot safer because I can still hear everything with them on.
 
Dec 16, 2010 at 8:40 AM Post #22 of 26
I wear my JVC Marshmallow IEMs in the car. Been using IEMs for years. I'm very aware of my surroundings. I'm quite paranoid about my surroundings actually.
 
Those who blast their car speakers with the windows up have no right to diss IEM users as it's essentially the SAME thing.
 
In any case, I hardly drive, and I drive mostly at late at night or very early in the morning (pre-traffic rush).
 
I also use the KSC75 while driving during cold days. Very easy to hear my surroundings (probably easier than car speakers). I have dark tints, so people can't see me wearing those goofy things.
 
Dec 16, 2010 at 9:01 PM Post #24 of 26


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I fail to understand how wearing headphones is more dangerous while driving than blasting your car speakers like so many do.
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Both are equally stupid things to do.
 
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uncle erik said:
To get on with a rant, when did the pleasure of driving become less important than music? I can drive for hours without needing music. The road and the act of driving is wonderful. You don't need any distractions.
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Agree 100%. I use IEM on a bus trip but when driving the car, I like to hear the road, the miles going by.
 
Dec 17, 2010 at 12:17 PM Post #25 of 26


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Yeah? Lol. Anyways, like MLE said. I can't say I've never done the same. I don't honestly feel as though using my IEMs at low volume is any more of a distraction than playing music in the car. I'm a very cautious driver. I check my rearview about once ever 6 seconds, along with my side views, and anytime I have the IEMs on it's on the freeway. Obviously when changing lanes I'll check the blind spot twice, which is easy because I drive a really open car. 
 
 
Dec 17, 2010 at 12:19 PM Post #26 of 26
In my case, it's because I'm just too damn lazy to buy a car cd player with an aux input for my MP3 players... I sold my CD player about 3 years ago and still haven't replaced it.
 
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