shannon, oh, yeah, I lvoe the Book Port. I like the ear buds for the same reasons you do but my ears hurt after a bit and they don't stay in my ears well. I'm concerned that A PH private phones althugh wonderful could block out more sound than I'd like. I might give them a try, though. Margo and Elmo ----- Original Message ----- From: Shannon To: bookport@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Sent: Tuesday, July 05, 2005 9:52 PM Subject: [bookport] Re: speaker and earphones Margo welcome. I do hope you like your Book Port as much as I like mine. I am glad you asked this question about the headphones since I too have been wondering about this. I like the ear buds because I can hear what's going on around me--I have two young children, but they also allow me to hear the book quite clearly as well. I do find however, after a lot of reading my ears do tend to get sore from them. Shannon ----- Original Message ----- From: Margo To: bookport@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Sent: Saturday, July 02, 2005 10:30 AM Subject: [bookport] speaker and earphones Hi. listers. I ordered the TDK I'maspeaker stereo model--the one that can hold 24 CD's. cost me $16 plus $5.95 shiping and I think $1.88 tax. Am looking forward to that. Now, I want to know what earphones people are using. I appreciate the printing House for sending the earbuds but to me there not quite as comfortable as I'd like so am wondering what you all are using if you're not using a speaker or the earbuds. Thanks. Margo and Seeing eye dog Elmo