[NewAKGGuy]

Daily commute (walk/subway/commuter train/shuttlebus and back): pre UE TF10 acquisition, mostly UE SF5EB IEMs & occasionally AKG 702; post UE TF10 acquisition, always TF10 IEMs
Weekend commute (walk/subway/amtrak/car and back): AKG 702

 

[Griffinhart]

I took my K702s out on Saturday (went to play Nobilis with some friends, brought the phones along with my J3 + XM6 because I knew we'd be out for the better part of the day). Stopped at a Jamba Juice, place was packed. Dunno if I got any looks; probably didn't, seemed like everyone was either busy, or busy waiting for their drinks.
 
-- Griffinhart

 

[PanamaRed]

My commuting pair on the train used to be Grado SR80's which aren't terribly big but they make you look like a russian astronaut. Funniest thing that happened to me was when I was walking home from the train and a guy looked at me and pretended like he was placing an order at McDonalds. I almost peed myself laughing.
 

 

[zmd]

How do you folks with the open cans, especially Grados, manage to get any listening done on buses? Serious question. Sometimes I feel my HD25 isn't isolating enough..

 

[svyr]

How do you folks with the open cans, especially Grados, manage to get any listening done on buses? Serious question. Sometimes I feel my HD25 isn't isolating enough..

I also wonder how they manage to stay not killed by fellow riders

 

[Saintkeat]

You gotta have plenty of attitude ; )
 
If I come back to the forum after 25th May, that means I survived being mobbed by a plane full of passengers. That or the more believable alternative that people have greater tolerances than we give them credit for =D
 
To be honest I wouldn't be doing critical listening anywhere noisy even with customs. The noise from the subway or a crowded coffee shop is enough to seep into your music even with customs, so with anything including open cans like Grados, I just use them for providing some kind of background music to help me along my journey.

 

[PanamaRed]

Crank it! Who doesn't appreciate a screeching Hendrix solo?
 
But in all seriousness, that is why I bought my ER-4p IEMs. Because on an airplane sitting next to the wing they were basically useless.
 
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How do you folks with the open cans, especially Grados, manage to get any listening done on buses? Serious question. Sometimes I feel my HD25 isn't isolating enough..

 

 

[MtnSloth]

If you are a bad ass, then you gets to do what ya wanna do . . .
 
 
 
 
. . . but . . .
 
 
 
for the rest of us . . . 
 
 . . . perhaps some discreet noise isolating headphones are a good idea?
 

 
Sorry for silliness . . . sort of . . .

 

[calipilot227]

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How do you folks with the open cans, especially Grados, manage to get any listening done on buses? Serious question. Sometimes I feel my HD25 isn't isolating enough..

I can't even listen to my Grados with a box fan turned on low. Needless to say, I end up using IEMs most of the time 

 

 

[Trance88]

For travel, I use my Sony - MDR-V150's. I know they're a laughable set of headphones to most of you guys but they're cheap, sound decent enough for travel, and not a huge loss if they get trashed.

 

[MilesDavis2]

PX200  or SE425 for my train and bus commute.

 

[Ultrazino]

I usually only wear IEMs on the go. On sunny days, I pull out the Zino, but it's more of an accessory than an audiophile headphone to me - the Zino looks just as good as bad voices sound.

 
I do wear my fullsize cans outside from time to time, but only on the train and if my beatiful wife is with me. Else I'd feel ridiculously stupid.