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[OT] Noise canceling headphones
I tried some out that a friend had. I only had them
on a short time, but it was pretty clear that they emitted a low level white noise until the switch was engaged, which would shut off the noise and maybe did some active canceling, which wasn't abundantly apparent beyond what the foam around the ears did. I've tried others that obviously did what they were meant to. I could play with things on my desk, shuffling papers etc, and was pleasantly surprised at how well they suppressed sound. I don't have access to either pair now, yet I'm in the market for some. The primary use would be for watching movies on an airplane. Last time I used some in-ear phones that were the plug type, but I couldn't get enough volume out of them to overcome the plane noise, making the dialog unintelligible, and I rather feared for my hearing health as a result. Any tips on choosing a pair? Fidelity is important, but effective noise canceling is the primary goal. |
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[OT] Noise canceling headphones
Tobiah:
You won't hear that low-level white noise when listening to such headphones in environments the noice-canceling was intended for - a busy office, on buses, trains, or at 35,000ft. At home, on the couch, in bed, you can just turn the noise-canceling feature off, to conserve batteries. |
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[OT] Noise canceling headphones
On Tue, 9 Jan 2018 08:27:29 -0800, Tobiah wrote:
I tried some out that a friend had. I only had them on a short time, but it was pretty clear that they emitted a low level white noise until the switch was engaged, which would shut off the noise and maybe did some active canceling, which wasn't abundantly apparent beyond what the foam around the ears did. I've tried others that obviously did what they were meant to. I could play with things on my desk, shuffling papers etc, and was pleasantly surprised at how well they suppressed sound. I don't have access to either pair now, yet I'm in the market for some. The primary use would be for watching movies on an airplane. Last time I used some in-ear phones that were the plug type, but I couldn't get enough volume out of them to overcome the plane noise, making the dialog unintelligible, and I rather feared for my hearing health as a result. Any tips on choosing a pair? Fidelity is important, but effective noise canceling is the primary goal. You might look at the site rtings.com They do serious reviews of tvs and noise canceling earphones. |
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[OT] Noise canceling headphones
On Tuesday, January 9, 2018 at 2:53:36 PM UTC-5, wrote:
On Tue, 9 Jan 2018 08:27:29 -0800, Tobiah wrote: I tried some out that a friend had. I only had them on a short time, but it was pretty clear that they emitted a low level white noise until the switch was engaged, which would shut off the noise and maybe did some active canceling, which wasn't abundantly apparent beyond what the foam around the ears did. I've tried others that obviously did what they were meant to. I could play with things on my desk, shuffling papers etc, and was pleasantly surprised at how well they suppressed sound. I don't have access to either pair now, yet I'm in the market for some. The primary use would be for watching movies on an airplane. Last time I used some in-ear phones that were the plug type, but I couldn't get enough volume out of them to overcome the plane noise, making the dialog unintelligible, and I rather feared for my hearing health as a result. Any tips on choosing a pair? Fidelity is important, but effective noise canceling is the primary goal. You might look at the site rtings.com They do serious reviews of tvs and noise canceling earphones. when I tried them i found that above a few hundred Hz, the foam cushions did all the noise isolation. The active electronics works in the bass region only which is OK because thats where the foam needs the help. The combination of the foam and electronics did work together pretty well. mark |
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[OT] Noise canceling headphones
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when I tried them i found that above a few hundred Hz, the foam cushions did all the noise isolation. The active electronics works in the bass region only which is OK because thats where the foam needs the help. The combination of the foam and electronics did work together pretty well. Right. And most of them use the same cheap chipset for the active electronics, so it doesn't make a huge difference between them. So, unless you're going to buy the David Clark or Bose stuff, pick the ones that have the best foam padding. --scott -- "C'est un Nagra. C'est suisse, et tres, tres precis." |
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