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Originally Posted by Den

It really depends on the headphones and how loud you listen to your music. Other than that, I don't know much about that sort of thing. I got my last pair of headphones for $10 at a drug store, and they're starting to fall apart in places, but they still amplify stuff pretty well, considering I've had 'em for 5 years now. I'll be looking for another pair soon, but not earbuds. I can't stand those because they don't fit comfortably in my ears.

Grado Sr-60 is the pair I am looking at, and they are supposed to last a long time.

Originally Posted by Quiet Man Cometh

Hard to say. I've encountered people on the bus with giant headsets that I could hear the music coming from pretty clearly, and others that didn't make any outside noise at all. Could be personal volume. Try seeing if you can get somewhere where you can test headphones, playing music and listening to them off your head to see what you can hear.

Since I am not in New York, I can not test out the headphones I want. By outside noise, I mean the user can't hear a lout of outside noise, like someone talking on their phone, or someone calling them from across the room.