Maybe off topic , but this feels like a crypto marketing article.
What No One Tells You About Noise Cancelling Headphones
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#12Some headphones mechanically clamp too tightly and your head will hurt after a while. Another possible reason is that the sustained weight of the wireless+noise canceling headphones eventually injured the author's neck muscle, similar to stiff neck.
Sample size of 1: My old man's pretty happy with the Sony XM2 (Bose QC35's only competitor) and hasn't experience any pain.
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#13I feel vague pressure when I wear my Bose QuietComforts. like "sitting in an airplane on the initial climb" type pressure. Generally, it's not too bad, though sometimes I get paranoid and wonder if I'm undetectably blowing out my ears by subjecting them to constant ambient counternoise.
I get that feeling a little, too, but noise-cancelling headphones have an added bonus for me that makes it all worthwhile: they completely negate my tinnitus.
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#14I do not find this. My problem is that my headphones press the upper-half of my ear into my head. After a couple of hours it gets sore. Simply taking the headphones off for a few minutes usually relieves the pain, and I can continue. I think I've got used to it: when I first started using my headphones, my ears would begin to hurt after ~20 minutes.
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#15> Does everyone else just put up with the discomfort? Noise exposure doesn’t seem as bad as the searing ear pain that comes from wearing noise cancelling headphones. Not everyone else gets searing ear pain.
Exactly. I've never experienced it from mine, nor have I heard of this problem. No doubt it is real for some, but it isn't that the rest of us are just not telling others about our pain.
I've used noise cancelling headphones for thousands of hours by now, luckily no issues. My latest pair is Sony 1000xm3. I love them so much, it would be a huge bummer if I was afffected by the pain issue and had to give them up.
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#16Maybe off topic , but this feels like a crypto marketing article.
This reads like a SEO article for "Bose QuietComfort 35" (just count how often it is needlessly spelled out) and - oh wonder - contains referral links to the same product they warn against in the article.
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#17I do not find this. My problem is that my headphones press the upper-half of my ear into my head. After a couple of hours it gets sore. Simply taking the headphones off for a few minutes usually relieves the pain, and I can continue. I think I've got used to it: when I first started using my headphones, my ears would begin to hurt after ~20 minutes.
I used to have this issue with a lot of headphones, and then I tried Sony's noise canceling (the WH-1000XM3) and they are massively more comfortable. I feel like an ad but I just wanted to share since I was surprised by how much more comfy they were.
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#18I've had weird ear pains before with old NC technology but haven't had the problem with the new Sony or Bose headphones. I highly recommend the author to try the new Sony XM3. Blows away both the XM2 and QC35 in terms of comfort and NC.
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#19I do not find this. My problem is that my headphones press the upper-half of my ear into my head. After a couple of hours it gets sore. Simply taking the headphones off for a few minutes usually relieves the pain, and I can continue. I think I've got used to it: when I first started using my headphones, my ears would begin to hurt after ~20 minutes.
I used to have this issue with a lot of headphones, and then I tried Sony's noise canceling (the WH-1000XM3) and they are massively more comfortable. I feel like an ad but I just wanted to share since I was surprised by how much more comfy they were.
It's stupid how comfortable and how good the NC are on the XM3. I traded my XM2 with friends XM3 on a long flight to try them out for about an hour. The difference was night and day. I almost bought a pair myself when we landed.
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#20I do not find this. My problem is that my headphones press the upper-half of my ear into my head. After a couple of hours it gets sore. Simply taking the headphones off for a few minutes usually relieves the pain, and I can continue. I think I've got used to it: when I first started using my headphones, my ears would begin to hurt after ~20 minutes.
The headphones are too small. For "best results" nothing about the headphones should ever touch any part of your ear. The soft foam padding should surround your ear making a seal with your skull. The 'clamping force' may also be too tight if you get headaches. The desired clamping force should enough to keep everything in-place if you briskly turn your head side-to-side but loose enough to dislodge if you try to turn your head quickly.
Without a real metric/measurement I'd compare it to the 'normal' speed you turn your head to do a should-check-before-turning on a calm sunday drive, vs the 'Quickly twist and look if the monster is still chasing me' shoulder-check.
After 5 seconds you should be able to 'feel' the headphones at all. They should stop existing and you are left with the sweet blissful embrace of your favorite music.