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I originally posted this in a members only section of the Affiliate Trust Forum and the members seemed to like it so I decided to publish it as a follow up to the last blog article about cellphones. I promise I’ll get back to business with some new affiliate marketing posts soon.

I’m new to the earbud thing. To me a good quality headset is one that fits over the entire ear and has nice soft cushions to seal in the sound. Had I been using this kind I might have attracted hecklers, but I wouldn’t have had the trouble I experienced.

I paid for higher quality KOSS earbuds as I wanted to gain every advantage in listening to the tinny minuscule audio produced by my new phone. My wife is out of town helping her dad, so with the fully charged phone, the new earbuds and the necessary adapters in the stylish little spring closure pouch in hand, I trekked to the nearest Panera Bread to enjoy some soup and a sandwich while listening to a podcast of an old radio drama, “The Shadow”. The restaurant wasn’t busy so my food arrived promptly. I sat down in a two person booth, and after preparing my sandwich with all the condiments I could muster, I set my phone on the table and pulled out my new earbuds. I spent the next five minutes untangling the wires. Now, in order for earbuds to produce any bass at all, they must be tightly seated into the ear to produce a good seal. So I inserted and twisted until I was satisfied that they were secure. The first thing I noticed about these earbuds was that when they’re properly inserted, don’t plan on being able to hear ANYTHING from the outside.

So I scooted forward in the seat and leaned back in a relaxed posture, picked up the phone and loaded the podcast. This particular one was fairly low in volume and sounded like it was recorded from the actual broadcast on an old fashioned AM radio. There was quite a bit of bleedover from adjacent stations, which really added to the nostalgia. Turning the volume all the way up made it comfortably loud. Ah, this is going to be good. So I listened for a couple minutes and then took a bite of my sandwich. Whoa! Chewing is really loud in here (in my head) when outside sounds are totally blocked! Well, that’s ok, I can still hear. Then I pulled out one of those potato chips, which are extra crispy at Panera. Man alive! There may as well have been a jack hammer running in the next booth! I could hear nothing but crunching potato chips. I tried chewing very slowly, but it didn’t help. So back to the sandwich.

My next bite revealed a whole new problem. When chewing there’s no way to keep those earbuds in your ears. The chewing action of the jaws quickly works the earbuds right out of position. First the left one lost it’s seat, then the right one, then back to the left one. I was constantly cramming the things back in my ears. So my relaxing meal with The Shadow ended up not being so relaxing after all. Guess I’ll have to stick to Starbucks if I want to get away from the office with The Shadow… unless drinking coffee sounds like getting a swirly!

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