Headphone Styles
active earphone are the most common type of earpiece , so allow ’s take a close look at the three basic earpiece design .
Supra - aural headphones , also known as on - ear , open - back or loose - tune headphone , sit gently on or over the ear . The ear cups are in general softly trudge and revolve freely to raise fit and thin pressure point . Because they sit down on the ear , on - ear headphones leak sound into the outside environment and allow ambient randomness in .
Circumaural headphones , also known as around - ear or shut down - back headphones , entirely enclose the attender ’s ears . Because they form an airtight Navy SEAL , they block out external noise without leaking sound to the outside . This improves sound character , but circumaural headphones tend to be heavier and less comfortable .
In - spike headphonescome in two stylus : ear bud and canal headphones . Ear buds are fatigue in the opening of the ear , while canal headphones are seated in the channel itself , take form an airtight seal . reasoned quality tends to be excellent with in - spike headphones , although this is subject on how well they fit in the listener ’s ear . For this reason , canal headphones , which fit tightly in the ear like earplug , are often choose by musician or others require superior sound quality .
We ’ll look at precisely how noise - canceling headphones deal to " cancel " noise next .
