Originally Posted by
themicah
Interesting. I guess I figured that the around-the-ear cans would be more likely to seal out some of the ambient noise, allowing us to keep the volume a little lower on the video. I hadn't thought about the fact that he might not like 'em...
AFAICT, it was the sealing out of other noises that bugged my son. When he was littler, he always wanted the reassurance of being able to hear that we were still there, even when he was watching something. Our house is rarely completely quiet, so he's used to background noise when he watches TV or a video.
And as for the volume knob, *I* still control that. Periodically I'll check the volume through the headphones to make sure he's not blasting his eardrums out.