An improved earphone which has stereophonic microphones and which is better suited for connection to such a multimedia device includes two ear units to be worn in or on the ear, which each include at least one sound generator and a microphone for binaural recording of ambient sound, a microphone unit which includes at least one further microphone, an operating unit which is connected via cable to the two ear units and the microphone unit, and a connection unit as interface, which is suitable for connecting the earphone to the multimedia device. For easy handling the earphone has at least two different function modes between which switching can take place both automatically and manually.