Saturday, October 10, 2009

Question du Jour #10

One of my pet peeves is being able to clearly hear what other people are listening to on their headphones. But I noticed, when looking at this random stranger's standard-issue Apple earbuds (seen closer-up at right), that there are holes on the non-listener side--that is, facing me--that look like little speaker holes. So my question is:

Why would headphones be designed so as to project sound toward people who don't want to hear it?

1 comment:

  1. I believe the "holes petite" (you know I don't know French) are actually to promote some air flow/sound balance?

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