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majrBuzzkill t1_irpyyxj wrote

I would suggest upping your budget a bit and getting a good pair of wireless earbuds or headphones.

I get it, it's a big investment. But with wired headphones, you'll be back to listening on one ear sometime in the future. Most of the time one side goes out, it is because the wire frayed inside the outer casing after days or weeks or friction. You avoid this friction with wireless earphones/headphones.

I had a set of wired headphones that I loved, but I spent $25 every 4-5 months replacing them after one side stopped working.

I upped my budget to $75, got a pair of wireless headphones from a well known manufacturer that specializes in audio quality, and I am going on 2 years on those. The audio call quality is far better than my previous headphones, and they're still going strong.

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thegroundbelowme t1_irs6pb4 wrote

The problem with wireless earbuds is that they're almost never small enough to be comfortable when laying on your side.

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majrBuzzkill t1_irs8t0r wrote

That's a fair critique for most earbuds.

But this person is using headphones currently. If they had an issue lying on their side with headphones, they wouldn't be looking for headphones again. No matter how big earbuds are, they're almost guaranteed to be smaller than headphones.

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thegroundbelowme t1_irskagp wrote

I think they may have been using headphones as a catch-all term. But regardless, there are headphones that are specifically designed for sleeping in. They typically use very flat drivers sewn into an elastic headband.

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