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Headphones are an integral part of any listening device. Without a headphone it will not be possible to listen to songs from Apple iPods and MP3 players. The user has to plug-in the headphone to the ears and the device to listen to songs. Hence it can be said that headphones are an important part in a media player. But headphones are manufactured in various specifications with each having a peculiarity of its own. Some headphones are designed to keep the noise away. These types of headphones provide the user with complete noise isolation from the outside world. Headphones also have different frequency handling power and impedance. Even the designs of headphones differ from each other. Some of the headphones are in-ear headphone, some ear hook types and some are headband types. Each of them has its own speciality so the users must decide which headphone to buy according to their needs.

The Denon AH-C360 is an in-ear type of a headphone with a cable length of 0.7 m and a phone jack of 3.5mm. The in-ear headphone has a noise level of 105dB and impedance of 16 Ohm. It has a frequency response of 5 - 24,000 Hz and can handle a maximum power of 200mW. The Sennheiser OMX 80 Sport II are another type that prove cheap headphones aren’t necessarily cheap quality. The Sennheiser OMX 80 Sport II belongs to the ear hook type of category with a cable length of 1.2 m and phone jack of 3.5mm. It has an impedance of 64 Ohm and includes a noise level of 114dB. It has a frequency response of 18 - 21,000 Hz and weighs just 11 g. The Skullcandy T.I. is another type of headphone which belongs to the headband type. It has cable length of 3.0 m and phone jack of 3.5 mm. The impedance is of 32 Ohm and includes a frequency response of 100 - 18,000 Hz. It can handle a maximum power of 400 mW.