HEY! I wear cheap phones around campus.
1) My open air senns aren't polite. It is a pet peeve of mine to have someones
music forcefully shoved down my throat. I wouldn't want to be accused of doing the same thing to other people while in one of the many quiet areas around campus.
2) I have a deformed ear, my ear will not accept eatbuds, it spits them out. My left is fine but I have yet to find an ear bud that would fit. I want to see if I can get a canal phone to stay in place, as it is just some extra cartilidge in front of the opening. At least thats what I can gather, its hard to look at ones own ear.
3) I dont know about you guy's but my campus is built into the side of the mountain and classes can be pretty spread out. Im constantly running, and people are constantly bumping into each other. I would hate to have my expensive cans knocked off and damaged.
4) Theft, im hestitant to take my iRiver ihp120 to class, adding expensive headphones just seems to be pushing my luck. You knbow as soon as I bring my amp player and phones I will get up to pee and it will be gone or something.