Earphone Identity - New York Times

Aug 12, 2007 at 3:20 PM
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http://www.nytimes.com/2007/08/12/magazine/12ww...

Remember when white earbuds had status? Jonathan Hall does. But these days, as he and his fellow rail commuters in the tristate area know, the iPods once-cutting-edge headphones confer as much distinction as a gray-flannel suit. A couple of years ago, Hall and his wife, Kate, decided that there must be a way to capitalize on this shift. IPod add-ons, including cases and skins, had become big business by then but those items decorated only the main device, which was usually stuffed in a pocket, out of sight.