I almost always have my ipod with me for rides longer than an hour and that will go loud enough to blot out a truck buzzing your bars, although for both the longevity of my hearing & my life I tend to have it so its the right volume for the quiet dorset lanes and therefore almost unheard in heavy traffic. Continues to work after regular soakings too. I use in ear phones with the bits that loop round the top of your ear to hold them in place, so maybe your lack of volume is a headphone problem?
"Michael Klontzas" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]...
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I am thinking of buying myself one of those keyring MP3 players for listening to recorded talk radio but having just experimented with the MP3 player integrated into my mobile, and an FM radio in the past, I am wondering if it's worth the trouble. Does any of this stuff actually work? Most of the time I could hardly tell if the thing was switched on. If it's not the London traffic, it's the wind. Is it the player, the tiny headphones or is it completely hopeless because of external noise? Anyone any positive experiences, particularly with keyring MP3 players or similar?
TIA
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Mine went through a full (low temperature) cycle in the washing machine. I dried it out slowly at room temp and it returned to perfect working order. Earphones were shot through, though.
I almost always have my ipod with me for rides longer than an hour and that will go loud enough to blot out a truck buzzing your bars, although for both the longevity of my hearing & my life I tend to have it so its the right volume for the quiet dorset lanes and therefore almost unheard in heavy traffic.
My problems are heavy traffic and wind in the ears. It would take *a lot* more volume to cancel traffic noise out and make riding dangerous. IME the wind is far more noisy than any commercially available personal stereo can ever be.
Errr.... No. Mine would deafen me if I used it a full blast (which I never do).
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Yes, I thought about that too. I may give other headphones a try just to see. Some of them are more responsive than others, regardless of external design. The ones you describe are probably a good choice, short of going for those huge noise-canceling, self-powered, dynamic Bose headphones a friend has.
Mine has the basic in-ear earbud things. Actually I don't find them very comfortable and if I used it a lot I would replace them with something else, but they're loud enough by any standards.
