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A Better Way to Cancel Noise

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Re: A Better Way to Cancel Noise

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Post by Ricardus »

randyt wrote: post #48
Ricardus wrote: post #26

The MUTE solution sounds interesting, and is certainly worth some research, but I see it having some problems. One obvious one is that the receiver might stay in that guy's window, and you might be in the apartment, say 15 feet away, so within that distance you can overcome the latency issue that was mentioned (because radio waves travel faster than sound waves) but the fact remains you're 15 feet away from the micro…

The solution is to use adaptive filtering.

The farther the microphone gets from your ears the harder the problem gets to solve. It's an interesting idea, but I suspect this won't see prime time in any meaningful way.

Re: A Better Way to Cancel Noise

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Post by xab9 »

raindropm wrote: post #7

That aside, I found that construction earmuff is quite good for blocking sound and gain focus — with just about 5% price of top noise canceling headphone in the market. It took a bit getting used to though(and took quite some times to 'stretch' the earmuff in order to make it not clamp too tight to your head, but it works quite well and very cheap alternative. It looks derpy though so I can't wear it in the office —…

This sounds great - can you wear glasses with it?

Re: A Better Way to Cancel Noise

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Post by xab9 »

therein wrote: post #27
anonu wrote: post #13

I live in NYC and I'm a longtime user of the Bose QC20s. They are probably the best commercial noise cancellation devices. I even sleep with them. The article promises some significant leaps in the technology. No doubt as processing gets faster and smaller we'll have even smarter noise cancellation. Looking forward to that...

> I even sleep with them I used to do that with my QC15 first and then after it broke twice, with my QC25 replacement. Sleeping with them on is really tough on them, though. After the third replacement device, I decided I couldn't keep on doing it no matter how much I actually enjoyed putting it on at night and hear that soft static. The slight pressure actually felt pleasant. Quitting using them for sleep was hard,…

Are you using earplugs then? I tried to sleep with headphones but it never worked for me and finding a comfortable but effective earplug is kinda hard.

Re: A Better Way to Cancel Noise

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Post by pragmatic »

raindropm wrote: post #7

That aside, I found that construction earmuff is quite good for blocking sound and gain focus — with just about 5% price of top noise canceling headphone in the market. It took a bit getting used to though(and took quite some times to 'stretch' the earmuff in order to make it not clamp too tight to your head, but it works quite well and very cheap alternative. It looks derpy though so I can't wear it in the office —…

Don't ruin your hearing.

You can't listen to music in headphones all day without damaging your hearing.

The open pit coding fad is causing an epidemic of hearing damage.

Re: A Better Way to Cancel Noise

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Post by raindropm »

xab9 wrote: post #52
raindropm wrote: post #7

That aside, I found that construction earmuff is quite good for blocking sound and gain focus — with just about 5% price of top noise canceling headphone in the market. It took a bit getting used to though(and took quite some times to 'stretch' the earmuff in order to make it not clamp too tight to your head, but it works quite well and very cheap alternative. It looks derpy though so I can't wear it in the office —…

This sounds great - can you wear glasses with it?

I can, but it's certainly better not wearing glasses, because at the end of the day, it's an earmuff that designed to clamp your head quite tightly.

Also, the cushion on these earmuffs isn't the most comfortable cushion in the world, compared to high-end headphone. Well, it's built for construction worker after all...

Re: A Better Way to Cancel Noise

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Post by raindropm »

mlevental wrote: post #41
raindropm wrote: post #7

That aside, I found that construction earmuff is quite good for blocking sound and gain focus — with just about 5% price of top noise canceling headphone in the market. It took a bit getting used to though(and took quite some times to 'stretch' the earmuff in order to make it not clamp too tight to your head, but it works quite well and very cheap alternative. It looks derpy though so I can't wear it in the office —…

the problem with these is that the tension on the spring (necessarily) is very high and they're painful to wear after a couple of hours.

I stretch it out quite a lot since I bought it. It's much better than the one that not stretched, though I admittedly have to take it off after a couple of hours like you said. My work focus is lost by then anyway, so it's a good time for a little break.

I found the tradeoff for the silence you got and its uncomfortable-ness is okay for its small pricetag though. :)

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