Headphones
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obligatory commit strip[^] On the headphone side of things. For better noise cancellation, you need a closed back headphone; or an in-ear earphone. I really like the Sennheiser Momentum series; I currently have the Sennheiser Momentum in-ear; which is good enough for me in an (small) open-plan office. (edit) If the noise in your office is really annoying, tell HR about it; so that there is a paper trail regarding work disturbances regarding noise; and maybe tell will add noise reduction doohickeys (acoustic panels on walls and ceiling...)
I'd rather be phishing!
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megaadam wrote:
I am extremely sensitive to noise (cannot concentrate) and on bad days the first solution I think of is a decent XXL baseball bat.
Me too! My (IMHO amazingly effective) solution is a pair of cheap, lightweight headphones (I use my original circa 1981 Walkman phones) into which I feed pink noise. I generated a 60 minute
.wavfile of unchanging pink noise (the changing kind was far too distracting) and play it looped in WinAmp, when the ambient noise around me rises to an objectionable level (which is almost always). I adjust WinAmp's volume to counter the offending ambient noise. Quite often, it only needs to be between 15-20% in order to do the job. You can Google for online pink noise generators, or I can make the file available to you shortly. /raviMy new year resolution: 2048 x 1536 Home | Articles | My .NET bits | Freeware ravib(at)ravib(dot)com
No thank you on the pink noise. I had to look this up and I had to listen to a few samples, and that kind of noise would make me commit suicide.
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megaadam wrote:
I am extremely sensitive to noise (cannot concentrate) and on bad days the first solution I think of is a decent XXL baseball bat.
Me too! My (IMHO amazingly effective) solution is a pair of cheap, lightweight headphones (I use my original circa 1981 Walkman phones) into which I feed pink noise. I generated a 60 minute
.wavfile of unchanging pink noise (the changing kind was far too distracting) and play it looped in WinAmp, when the ambient noise around me rises to an objectionable level (which is almost always). I adjust WinAmp's volume to counter the offending ambient noise. Quite often, it only needs to be between 15-20% in order to do the job. You can Google for online pink noise generators, or I can make the file available to you shortly. /raviMy new year resolution: 2048 x 1536 Home | Articles | My .NET bits | Freeware ravib(at)ravib(dot)com
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Definitely hipster material. :thumbsup:
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I need a pair of headphones! And I had to resist a powerful impulse to put HPQOTD as a subject... My multinational megacorp employer has decide it will be a magical productivity boost to move all departments into large open offices, where images from Orson Welles' The Trial[^] come to my mind. I am extremely sensitive to noise (cannot concentrate) and on bad days the first solution I think of is a decent XXL baseball bat. The second idea, to constantly walk around to remind colleagues of their acoustically pollutive behavior will soon make me the black sheep of the office floor. So I often listen to music, whale-song, ocean surf etc in my cheapo headphones. Not good enuff. I can distinguish seven conversations through the soundtrack. The "noise-cancelling" models from BOSE etc are not doing much to human noises so I think I really need something that blocks noise out mechanically. So they need to be super tight and extremely comfortable. No contradiction there eh! Cordless would be nifty but arent they often suffering from crackling etc? I would like decent sound quality but mega-hifi is not important. Suggestions, ideas, your experiences? Or even mental techniques? Thanks
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megaadam wrote:
I am extremely sensitive to noise (cannot concentrate) and on bad days the first solution I think of is a decent XXL baseball bat.
Me too! My (IMHO amazingly effective) solution is a pair of cheap, lightweight headphones (I use my original circa 1981 Walkman phones) into which I feed pink noise. I generated a 60 minute
.wavfile of unchanging pink noise (the changing kind was far too distracting) and play it looped in WinAmp, when the ambient noise around me rises to an objectionable level (which is almost always). I adjust WinAmp's volume to counter the offending ambient noise. Quite often, it only needs to be between 15-20% in order to do the job. You can Google for online pink noise generators, or I can make the file available to you shortly. /raviMy new year resolution: 2048 x 1536 Home | Articles | My .NET bits | Freeware ravib(at)ravib(dot)com
Can't you give him some of your music instead - that's way better... ;)
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I need a pair of headphones! And I had to resist a powerful impulse to put HPQOTD as a subject... My multinational megacorp employer has decide it will be a magical productivity boost to move all departments into large open offices, where images from Orson Welles' The Trial[^] come to my mind. I am extremely sensitive to noise (cannot concentrate) and on bad days the first solution I think of is a decent XXL baseball bat. The second idea, to constantly walk around to remind colleagues of their acoustically pollutive behavior will soon make me the black sheep of the office floor. So I often listen to music, whale-song, ocean surf etc in my cheapo headphones. Not good enuff. I can distinguish seven conversations through the soundtrack. The "noise-cancelling" models from BOSE etc are not doing much to human noises so I think I really need something that blocks noise out mechanically. So they need to be super tight and extremely comfortable. No contradiction there eh! Cordless would be nifty but arent they often suffering from crackling etc? I would like decent sound quality but mega-hifi is not important. Suggestions, ideas, your experiences? Or even mental techniques? Thanks
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Build your own cubicle[^] ;P I'm pretty senstitive to "noise" myself, but for me good loud metal music is already helpful. (there is a difference, between "noise" and "sound")
V.
(MQOTD rules and previous solutions)
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I need a pair of headphones! And I had to resist a powerful impulse to put HPQOTD as a subject... My multinational megacorp employer has decide it will be a magical productivity boost to move all departments into large open offices, where images from Orson Welles' The Trial[^] come to my mind. I am extremely sensitive to noise (cannot concentrate) and on bad days the first solution I think of is a decent XXL baseball bat. The second idea, to constantly walk around to remind colleagues of their acoustically pollutive behavior will soon make me the black sheep of the office floor. So I often listen to music, whale-song, ocean surf etc in my cheapo headphones. Not good enuff. I can distinguish seven conversations through the soundtrack. The "noise-cancelling" models from BOSE etc are not doing much to human noises so I think I really need something that blocks noise out mechanically. So they need to be super tight and extremely comfortable. No contradiction there eh! Cordless would be nifty but arent they often suffering from crackling etc? I would like decent sound quality but mega-hifi is not important. Suggestions, ideas, your experiences? Or even mental techniques? Thanks
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I use either these[^] or these[^]. Both cancel out noise very well and people around me don't hear a thing. At least no one has complained yet and at work I have listened from Pop to Black Metal with the in ear ones. At home I played Doom 3 on Razer, which are quite loud but my better half never said she heard any screaming from the inside of the headphones. When I yelled, she noticed immediately. :-D
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obligatory commit strip[^] On the headphone side of things. For better noise cancellation, you need a closed back headphone; or an in-ear earphone. I really like the Sennheiser Momentum series; I currently have the Sennheiser Momentum in-ear; which is good enough for me in an (small) open-plan office. (edit) If the noise in your office is really annoying, tell HR about it; so that there is a paper trail regarding work disturbances regarding noise; and maybe tell will add noise reduction doohickeys (acoustic panels on walls and ceiling...)
I'd rather be phishing!
The last question is exactly what I always ask. As far as I can see, it's ONLY management that can see the point of that... :sigh:
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Anonymous
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The problem with quotes on the internet is that you can never tell if they're genuine
Winston Churchill, 1944
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I'd just like a chance to prove that money can't make me happy.
Me, all the time -
I need a pair of headphones! And I had to resist a powerful impulse to put HPQOTD as a subject... My multinational megacorp employer has decide it will be a magical productivity boost to move all departments into large open offices, where images from Orson Welles' The Trial[^] come to my mind. I am extremely sensitive to noise (cannot concentrate) and on bad days the first solution I think of is a decent XXL baseball bat. The second idea, to constantly walk around to remind colleagues of their acoustically pollutive behavior will soon make me the black sheep of the office floor. So I often listen to music, whale-song, ocean surf etc in my cheapo headphones. Not good enuff. I can distinguish seven conversations through the soundtrack. The "noise-cancelling" models from BOSE etc are not doing much to human noises so I think I really need something that blocks noise out mechanically. So they need to be super tight and extremely comfortable. No contradiction there eh! Cordless would be nifty but arent they often suffering from crackling etc? I would like decent sound quality but mega-hifi is not important. Suggestions, ideas, your experiences? Or even mental techniques? Thanks
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I use THESE[^] - not for gaming, but for music. Simply because they are really comfortable and keep almost all other noise out...
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Anonymous
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The problem with quotes on the internet is that you can never tell if they're genuine
Winston Churchill, 1944
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I'd just like a chance to prove that money can't make me happy.
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obligatory commit strip[^] On the headphone side of things. For better noise cancellation, you need a closed back headphone; or an in-ear earphone. I really like the Sennheiser Momentum series; I currently have the Sennheiser Momentum in-ear; which is good enough for me in an (small) open-plan office. (edit) If the noise in your office is really annoying, tell HR about it; so that there is a paper trail regarding work disturbances regarding noise; and maybe tell will add noise reduction doohickeys (acoustic panels on walls and ceiling...)
I'd rather be phishing!
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Can't you give him some of your music instead - that's way better... ;)
Anything that is unrelated to elephants is irrelephant
Anonymous
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The problem with quotes on the internet is that you can never tell if they're genuine
Winston Churchill, 1944
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I'd just like a chance to prove that money can't make me happy.
Me, all the timeSure, help yourself! :-D https://soundcloud.com/ravibee[^] /ravi
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Sure, help yourself! :-D https://soundcloud.com/ravibee[^] /ravi
My new year resolution: 2048 x 1536 Home | Articles | My .NET bits | Freeware ravib(at)ravib(dot)com
Cool - Thanks! :thumbsup::cool:
Anything that is unrelated to elephants is irrelephant
Anonymous
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The problem with quotes on the internet is that you can never tell if they're genuine
Winston Churchill, 1944
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I'd just like a chance to prove that money can't make me happy.
Me, all the time -
I need a pair of headphones! And I had to resist a powerful impulse to put HPQOTD as a subject... My multinational megacorp employer has decide it will be a magical productivity boost to move all departments into large open offices, where images from Orson Welles' The Trial[^] come to my mind. I am extremely sensitive to noise (cannot concentrate) and on bad days the first solution I think of is a decent XXL baseball bat. The second idea, to constantly walk around to remind colleagues of their acoustically pollutive behavior will soon make me the black sheep of the office floor. So I often listen to music, whale-song, ocean surf etc in my cheapo headphones. Not good enuff. I can distinguish seven conversations through the soundtrack. The "noise-cancelling" models from BOSE etc are not doing much to human noises so I think I really need something that blocks noise out mechanically. So they need to be super tight and extremely comfortable. No contradiction there eh! Cordless would be nifty but arent they often suffering from crackling etc? I would like decent sound quality but mega-hifi is not important. Suggestions, ideas, your experiences? Or even mental techniques? Thanks
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After considerable thought - almost a full seven seconds, I realized the solution for your problem can be gotten by an investment in time that will achieve a long-term solution. Buy any sort of earphone or headphone. Plug it into your audio supply source. Crank that puppy up as loud as possible, maybe even louder. Shortly, the background noise, along with your hearing, will begin to diminish. After a while you won't even need the headphones any more and the office will be quiet. This is an economical plan, as well, since you do not have to keep replacing the audio systems of choice as things break/wear out/technology changes make them unusable. Q.E.D.
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Did you see the April 1st strip. Dang, it's almost like the real thing... :laugh:
Anything that is unrelated to elephants is irrelephant
Anonymous
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The problem with quotes on the internet is that you can never tell if they're genuine
Winston Churchill, 1944
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I'd just like a chance to prove that money can't make me happy.
Me, all the time -
It doesn't get quieter than these[^]
Wrong is evil and must be defeated. - Jeff Ello
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I need a pair of headphones! And I had to resist a powerful impulse to put HPQOTD as a subject... My multinational megacorp employer has decide it will be a magical productivity boost to move all departments into large open offices, where images from Orson Welles' The Trial[^] come to my mind. I am extremely sensitive to noise (cannot concentrate) and on bad days the first solution I think of is a decent XXL baseball bat. The second idea, to constantly walk around to remind colleagues of their acoustically pollutive behavior will soon make me the black sheep of the office floor. So I often listen to music, whale-song, ocean surf etc in my cheapo headphones. Not good enuff. I can distinguish seven conversations through the soundtrack. The "noise-cancelling" models from BOSE etc are not doing much to human noises so I think I really need something that blocks noise out mechanically. So they need to be super tight and extremely comfortable. No contradiction there eh! Cordless would be nifty but arent they often suffering from crackling etc? I would like decent sound quality but mega-hifi is not important. Suggestions, ideas, your experiences? Or even mental techniques? Thanks
Life is too shor
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I need a pair of headphones! And I had to resist a powerful impulse to put HPQOTD as a subject... My multinational megacorp employer has decide it will be a magical productivity boost to move all departments into large open offices, where images from Orson Welles' The Trial[^] come to my mind. I am extremely sensitive to noise (cannot concentrate) and on bad days the first solution I think of is a decent XXL baseball bat. The second idea, to constantly walk around to remind colleagues of their acoustically pollutive behavior will soon make me the black sheep of the office floor. So I often listen to music, whale-song, ocean surf etc in my cheapo headphones. Not good enuff. I can distinguish seven conversations through the soundtrack. The "noise-cancelling" models from BOSE etc are not doing much to human noises so I think I really need something that blocks noise out mechanically. So they need to be super tight and extremely comfortable. No contradiction there eh! Cordless would be nifty but arent they often suffering from crackling etc? I would like decent sound quality but mega-hifi is not important. Suggestions, ideas, your experiences? Or even mental techniques? Thanks
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I know you said the Bose noise canceling ones don't work for you. I use the Bose OE2 and about half the time don't play any music. Its just something to block the noise. When things get louder (on my motorcycle), I use these Amazon.com: Ear Plugs - 50 Pairs[^] to keep my sanity on long rides. Using actual ear plugs will have a two fold benefit. 1. The sound will go down significantly. 2. You're boss will notice and ask. Then you can specifically state that the work environment sucks. The book Peopleware [^] has data proving that these environments are not good for productivity. If enough of your co-workers start wearing them, maybe things will change! Good luck, switch jobs!
Hogan
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I need a pair of headphones! And I had to resist a powerful impulse to put HPQOTD as a subject... My multinational megacorp employer has decide it will be a magical productivity boost to move all departments into large open offices, where images from Orson Welles' The Trial[^] come to my mind. I am extremely sensitive to noise (cannot concentrate) and on bad days the first solution I think of is a decent XXL baseball bat. The second idea, to constantly walk around to remind colleagues of their acoustically pollutive behavior will soon make me the black sheep of the office floor. So I often listen to music, whale-song, ocean surf etc in my cheapo headphones. Not good enuff. I can distinguish seven conversations through the soundtrack. The "noise-cancelling" models from BOSE etc are not doing much to human noises so I think I really need something that blocks noise out mechanically. So they need to be super tight and extremely comfortable. No contradiction there eh! Cordless would be nifty but arent they often suffering from crackling etc? I would like decent sound quality but mega-hifi is not important. Suggestions, ideas, your experiences? Or even mental techniques? Thanks
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If the QC15s don't work for you (mine are at my home office at the moment - grumble grumble), then you must be extremely sensitive. Might be time to update resume :) When I am working at home, I'll put on the QC15s. Pisses the wife off to no end - can't hear her calling me, talking to me (I'm just off the kitchen). She has to tap me on the shoulder. Now when the children were smaller, I could not hear them, but I knew something was up when the house started shaking. :omg:
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I need a pair of headphones! And I had to resist a powerful impulse to put HPQOTD as a subject... My multinational megacorp employer has decide it will be a magical productivity boost to move all departments into large open offices, where images from Orson Welles' The Trial[^] come to my mind. I am extremely sensitive to noise (cannot concentrate) and on bad days the first solution I think of is a decent XXL baseball bat. The second idea, to constantly walk around to remind colleagues of their acoustically pollutive behavior will soon make me the black sheep of the office floor. So I often listen to music, whale-song, ocean surf etc in my cheapo headphones. Not good enuff. I can distinguish seven conversations through the soundtrack. The "noise-cancelling" models from BOSE etc are not doing much to human noises so I think I really need something that blocks noise out mechanically. So they need to be super tight and extremely comfortable. No contradiction there eh! Cordless would be nifty but arent they often suffering from crackling etc? I would like decent sound quality but mega-hifi is not important. Suggestions, ideas, your experiences? Or even mental techniques? Thanks
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I use a pair of these[^] while drumming. They keep the sound out pretty well. If your work environment is louder than a drum set at close proximity, you should probably just resort to your first solution. :laugh:
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