How do you listen to music? Speakers, headphones, which types, etc., [More options have been added; please see posts #60–62] Options

[skamp]

What kind of speakers do you use for listening to music? Speakers, headphones, IEMs, earbuds… Multiple choices are allowed to reflect different use cases.

Notes:

• a distinction is made between stationary use (e.g. at home or at work) and on the go (when walking / riding / driving, commuting…)
• circumaural headphones surround the ears
• supra-aural headphones (on-ear) are usually smaller (but not necessarily always) and sit on top of the ears
• custom mold IEMs require a visit to an orthophonist who makes silicon molds out of one's ears, which are to be shipped to the custom IEM manufacturer
• earbuds sit on the outer ears and are not inserted into the ear canals like IEMs

This post has been edited by db1989: Jan 17 2013, 22:42

[RonaldDumsfeld]

I was going to suggest 'console tops' to distinguish monitors from desktop and/or hi-fi? Although mine actually on top of a set of stands....

Was quite taken by Nessuno suggestion of classification by the physical posture of the listener. i.e.

Sitting down on a couch = Hi Fi.
Sitting up at a desk = desktop.
Standing up (probably crowd surfing in canar's case) = Sound Re-inforcement.
All of the above = console or stand top.