# Best headphones for treadmill?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-headphones-for-treadmill/475460>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [December 3, 2008, 4:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-headphones-for-treadmill/475460 "2008-12-03T04:41:55Z")\
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**Author:** ![psychobunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/54ee81/32.png) [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\
**Post date:** [December 3, 2008, 4:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-headphones-for-treadmill/475460/1 "2008-12-03T04:41:55Z")

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My father would like a pair of headphones so that he can watch television while walking on the treadmill. He is hard of hearing and wears hearing aids. As far as I can tell, wireless headphones are inferior in quality to those with wires, but it seems to me that wires would be a pain on the treadmill. Anybody have any experience or opinions?

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**Author:** ![Santo\_Rugger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e95f7d/32.png) [@Santo\_Rugger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Santo_Rugger)\
**Post date:** [December 3, 2008, 6:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-headphones-for-treadmill/475460/2 "2008-12-03T06:12:46Z")

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_groans_  
Just kidding!

Why do you think wires would be a problem? You can get extensions, and anchor the wire to the treadmill itself (tie a knot) at some point. FWIW, I use “isolation earbuds” when I ride my motorcycle.