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10/28/2008 11:20:43 PM · #1

The other day Iâ��m putting on the ear buds from my i-pod and my wife notices me stop and look carefully at one of the ear buds. She asks â��What has it got somethinâ�� on it?â�� I explain that they are marked right and left and I was just making sure that they were in the proper ear. Well she looked at my like I was from another planet.

So hereâ��s my question â�� Does it matter to you what side goes where when using ear buds? Or I am as goofy as my wife think I am?

Katmystiry

Canon EOS-5D Mark II

Canon EF 85mm f/1.8 USM

10/28/2008 11:22:05 PM · #2

Didn't know they had a right and left .. I just plug them in and go!

ambaker

Canon EF 70-200mm f/2.8L USM

10/28/2008 11:25:22 PM · #3

It is only important if you want to hear things as they were meant to be heard.

What was originally on the right in the original recording, would be on the left, if the buds are reversed. I assume this is not a video iPod. If it were, then the character on the right would seem to be talking from the wrong side of the screen.

Moving sounds would move the opposite direction.

Other than that, not a thing wrong with swapping them.

cynthiann

Nikon D810

Nikon AF Nikkor 50mm f/1.8

10/28/2008 11:25:56 PM · #4

You're as goofy as she thinks you are :P

Nikon AF Nikkor 50mm f/1.8

10/28/2008 11:30:36 PM · #5

Originally posted by ambaker:

I realize it pobably makes no real difference even for a highly steroized (is that a word?) song like Zepplin's Whole Lotta Love, I'm just kind of particular (my wife would say anal) that way.

Message edited by author 2008-10-28 23:31:42.

cynthiann

Nikon D810

10/28/2008 11:32:59 PM · #6

Originally posted by maynerd12:

Originally posted by ambaker:
It is only important if you want to hear things as they were meant to be heard.

What was originally on the right in the original recording, would be on the left, if the buds are reversed. I assume this is not a video iPod. If it were, then the character on the right would seem to be talking from the wrong side of the screen.

Moving sounds would move the opposite direction.

Other than that, not a thing wrong with swapping them.

I realize it pobably makes no real difference even for a highly steroized (is that a word?) song like Zepplin's Whole Lotta Love, I'm just kind of particular (my wife would say anal) that way.

Yeah, I can see how Whole Lotta Love would seem backwards. That might bother me, too :)

ladyhawk22

Sony DSLR-A700

Sony SAL-50F14 Normal 50mm f/1.4 Autofocus Lens for the Sony

10/28/2008 11:37:11 PM · #7

It makes me crazy to have them in the wrong ears!!! Though I'm ashamed to say it took me longer than one would think to discover that they cleverly mark the ear buds :-) One day I thought there was something wrong with my iPod because the music sounded "off." Took out the ear buds and realized I had them in the wrong ears---it makes such a difference to me for some reason.

So, no. Not crazy! :-)

Pug-H

Pentax K10D

Sigma 28-80mm f/3.5-5.6 Aspherical HF for Pentax

10/29/2008 12:37:28 AM · #8

No, you're not crazy. They're marked L and R for a reason, as explained previously.

Maggye

Canon EOS-5D Mark II

Canon EF 100mm f/2.8 USM Macro

10/29/2008 12:40:41 AM · #9

Well I think, I'm as crazy as you are, I always check that I'm using them the way they are marked ;)

MattO

Nikon D4

Nikon AF-S Nikkor 70-200mm f/2.8G ED VR II

10/29/2008 01:00:55 AM · #10

Actually there is another reason.........they are shaped differently to fit in the ear better. Mine are anyway. And yes I always put the left in the left ear, right in the right.

Matt

Purple_Girl

Canon EOS-1100D

Canon EF-S 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 II

10/29/2008 01:02:28 AM · #11

I check to make sure they're in their correctly marked ear every time, it'd bug me if I didn't, I'm pernickety that way too. :)

boyd2000

Canon EOS-400D Rebel XTi

Sigma 18-200mm f/3.5-6.3 DC OS for Canon

10/29/2008 01:10:56 AM · #12

I'm pretty anal about that and unless I'm in a big hurry and not listening for long I'll check and put them in the correct ear. Now I'm using an over-the-head and in-ear-front-facing headset that has to go on right or I can't hear it, though the first time I had to figure out if I hear with them facing front or rear.

Olympus 7-14mm f/4.0 Zuiko Digital Zoom

10/29/2008 01:16:01 AM · #13

Originally posted by MattO:

Actually there is another reason.........they are shaped differently to fit in the ear better. Mine are anyway. And yes I always put the left in the left ear, right in the right.

Matt

Mine are the same shape so they fit just fine either ear - still I check'em every time :)

one2one

Olympus E-5

10/29/2008 08:39:49 AM · #14

You miss certain notes if you inverse them. Sounds meant for the left ear shouldn't be heard by the right ear and vice versa. I'm still suffering from listening to Magical Mystery Tour with the plugs in the wrong way because my right ear couldn't take the drums b/c they were meant for the left ear. Listen to it and you'll see.

;]

nards656

Canon EOS-300D Rebel

Tamron SP AF 24-135mm f/3.5-5.6 AD Aspherical IF for Canon

10/29/2008 09:13:56 AM · #15

Gotta have 'em in the correct ears. Yep.

KarenNfld

10/29/2008 09:40:42 AM · #16

I always look at mine and put them in the proper ears too.

mbrutus2009

Nikon AF-S Nikkor 16-35 f/4 ED VR

10/29/2008 10:11:23 AM · #17

I actually had my left ear plug in my right and right one in my left ear.

So I am with you on this one... I just put them in and go! Haha

NikonJeb

Nikon AF-S Nikkor 28-300mm f3.5-5.6G ED VR

10/29/2008 10:34:28 AM · #18

Originally posted by maynerd12:

I realize it pobably makes no real difference even for a highly steroized (is that a word?)

No, it's not a word, you maroon, it's stereoized! LOL!!!

NikonJeb

Nikon AF-S Nikkor 28-300mm f3.5-5.6G ED VR

10/29/2008 10:35:46 AM · #19

So....what you're saying by and large is that we DPCers are a bunch of obsessive/compulsive, anal-retentive, control freak wackos?

I'm SHOCKED!!!!!

10/29/2008 10:37:24 AM · #20

Originally posted by NikonJeb:

Originally posted by maynerd12:
I realize it pobably makes no real difference even for a highly steroized (is that a word?)

No, it's not a word, you maroon, it's stereoized! LOL!!!

Yep, you got me. Neither typing nor spelling are my strong points.

Edit for spelling, duh.

Message edited by author 2008-10-29 10:38:43.

NikonJeb

Nikon AF-S Nikkor 28-300mm f3.5-5.6G ED VR

10/29/2008 10:44:18 AM · #21

Originally posted by NikonJeb:

Originally posted by maynerd12:
I realize it pobably makes no real difference even for a highly steroized (is that a word?)

No, it's not a word, you maroon, it's stereoized! LOL!!!

Originally posted by maynerd12:

Yep, you got me. Neither typing nor spelling are my strong points.

Edit for spelling, duh.

Tongue-in-cheek aside, I'd be willing to bet it's not a word, but I'm gonna use ity now 'cause it's perfect for the context you previously described.

Another great "Stereoized" song would be that tune by The Dead "100,00 Tons of Steel" where it starts out with that train coming across the channels like it's pulling into your stereo.

And of course, "Unbroken Chain" from the Mars Hotel album....8>)

Sony 16-50mm f/3.5-5.6 E-mount

10/29/2008 10:55:27 AM · #22

Originally posted by NikonJeb:

Originally posted by NikonJeb:

Originally posted by maynerd12:
I realize it pobably makes no real difference even for a highly steroized (is that a word?)

No, it's not a word, you maroon, it's stereoized! LOL!!!

Originally posted by maynerd12:
Yep, you got me. Neither typing nor spelling are my strong points.

Edit for spelling, duh.

Tongue-in-cheek aside, I'd be willing to bet it's not a word, but I'm gonna use ity now 'cause it's perfect for the context you previously described.

Another great "Stereoized" song would be that tune by The Dead "100,00 Tons of Steel" where it starts out with that train coming across the channels like it's pulling into your stereo.

And of course, "Unbroken Chain" from the Mars Hotel album....8>)

And if you mixed up your ear buds the train would be going the wrong way!

smudgeSMJ

Apple iPhone 6

10/29/2008 11:24:22 AM · #23

I have to say,I always check. But I don't like those earbuds anyway, they hurt my tiny ears. So I lean toward regular earphones, which are also marked, and which I also check...

taterbug

Nikon D300

Nikon AF Nikkor 50mm f/1.4D

10/29/2008 11:31:06 AM · #24

other stereoized songs-
Get Her Man Back- B-52's
Everybody Wants Some- Van Halen
Cry of the Vatos- Oingo Boingo
Hellagood- No Doubt

and stuff like some Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young, and Loggins and Messina, with the sweet harmonized vocals are kind of stereoized