Everyone needs a good set of headphones. While Apple may talk up the standard iPod headphones, don’t believe them — they’re crap. If you live in any kind of urban area, you know how loud you have to turn up your iPod just to hear the song. Doing that for a couple years and we are talking hearing loss. I noticed this myself. Then the nice people at Atomic Floyd came along and released the AirJax headphones. I’ve used a few high-end head phones for the sake of avoiding hearing loss, noise canceling, etc. It was an improvement. But on the first listen with the Atomic Floyd I understood why they come with a £120 price tag. The AirJax headphones are made from special temperature treated AcousticSteel and Titanium2. Without going into the molecular structure of the headphones, let me just say they sound good. Damn good. Easily the best headphones I’ve ever used. One thing though: I use an iPhone and these are headphones only, i.e. no built in mic or play/pause button. I admit I do miss these features for my iPhone, but my ears feel so much better listening to music at half volume or less walking down the street. The Atomic AirJax headphones drop a full set of headphones in the U.K. in early December, just in time for Christmas. Check out their website for full sound specs and some nice beeps and bops.
