What No One Tells You About Noise Cancelling Headphones
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What No One Tells You About Noise Cancelling Headphones
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#2> 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.
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#3Google cache link as it won't load for me
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#4I 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.
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#5Not loading here but http://web.archive.org/web/20190220061538/https://www.pointc...
If anyone wants to block outside noise without noise-cancelling algorithms: try in-ear monitors and replace the tips with foam tips designed for isolation (perhaps in a larger size for more sound blocking) - you effectively get a combination earplug/headphone.
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#6This is so strange to read about. I’ve worn my QC35 (and QC25 before them) almost every day for about 8-10 hours a day, for years, and not once have I experienced any kind of discomfort related to their use. I’m on the completely opposite camp, where I’ll sometimes even have them on just for the noise-cancelling effect, but nothing playing. I don’t need it (not even surrounded by noise most of the time), I’m just used to it.
To hear that people are feeling “searing ear pain” seems so... weird. These are by far the most comfortable and enjoyable headphones I’ve had, and they hurt people.
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#7> 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.
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#8This is so strange to read about. I’ve worn my QC35 (and QC25 before them) almost every day for about 8-10 hours a day, for years, and not once have I experienced any kind of discomfort related to their use. I’m on the completely opposite camp, where I’ll sometimes even have them on just for the noise-cancelling effect, but nothing playing. I don’t need it (not even surrounded by noise most of the time), I’m just use…
I'm really confused, as the author talks about their "searing ear pain" and then says
> When I activated the noise cancelling button, things got worse. The ear pain got more severe and so did the pain close to my jaw.
I'm really confused as to the claim being specific to noise cancelling headphones given the ear pain happened when that feature was off.
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#9This happened to me, had to return them :(
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#10I use earplugs and then put some "can" headphones which reduce the noise that the earplugs need to reject. The big headphones aren't connected to anything but apart from being soft and reducing the noise a lot discourage people from bugging me. I just used this setup on a plane and it worked amazingly well.
As a bonus the foam plugs touch the headphones so if I do choose to play something it is nice and clear.
(Same as the author, I use some Beats Solo 3 that I picked up in an Apple freebie givaway)