I regularly listen to music at work as a way to drown out distracting noises or just for enjoyment. The problem is that I don't normally care for over the ear type headphones and in-ear style earbuds because they tend to block out background noise too much. That may sound like an odd complaint, but I work in IT for my day job. People often walk up with questions or my co-workers want to talk. That's one of the main reasons why I have stuck to old fashioned earbud (think Apple's original earbuds) style earphones. The problem with this style of earbud is that they aren't very comfortable.
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