As a teenager, I used to listen to The Clash and other punk bands at ear-splitting volume on a pair of old Sony headphones.
Which is why I’m half-deaf now.
But I still love headphones. They’re like catnip to me.
I own nearly a dozen pairs, plus a similar number of earbuds. I feel guilty about the headphone hoarding, as I barely touch some of the cans in my collection, although I do try to rotate through them on the regular.
There are a lot of headphones I covet, and I have to pinch myself if I see them on sale. The last thing I need is more.
But boy, look at the details of these upcoming Beats headphones, which tick all my boxes. Unlike some audio snobs, I really like the bass-heavy sound profile of Beats, and I’d pick these up in a heartbeat if I didn’t already have an unhealthy hoard. There’s one key feature that might be missing, though.
P.S. What’s up with Apple leaks lately? This one’s particularly bad — almost no detail has been spared.
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The things you most regret in life are things you didn't do. What you really regret was never asking that girl to dance. In business, if I knew earlier what I know now, I'd have probably done some things a lot better than I did, but I also would've probably done some other things a lot worse. But so what? It's more important to be engaged in the present.
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