I'm Looking For A Product That Only A Genius Can Find, And This Is The Only Place I Find Geniuses
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I just spent a delightful (and obscenely expensive) weekend in Las Vegas, attending the Xfinity and Cup Series NASCAR races. Wow! What a great time! But what a noise! I just got home to Bullhead City, and I'm nearly deaf, even though I wore earmuffs for most of the time. Earmuffs work great, but at those sound levels, it's impossible to talk to your buddy sitting in the next seat. And I like to eavesdrop on the drivers as they talk to their crews, but it's impossible to understand what the scanner is picking up during the race. Yes, it's possible to hear during a Caution, but not under full throttle. The product I'm looking for is an earmuff/headset that has a Noise Reduction Ratio of 124 dB or better, and speakers that can connect to a Bearcat 125AT handheld scanner. For the bonus round, I'd love to have BlueTooth capability and noise-cancelling microphones built in to allow voice communications between two people attending the race together. If there's a product out there that can do this, I'd love to hear about it. If someone here would like to tackle the project - I'm looking at you, Honey the Code Witch, but anyone is invited to join in - I'm in for two units, and available for Beta testing. If it turns out to be useful and reliable, I think I can safely guarantee many thousands of sales, and I wont charge you a thing for the idea. But I do expect to get mine free, no matter how many millions you rake in. And that's for the life of the product, all upgrades included. Heck, my idea is making you a millionaire - that's the least I deserve. So go and put on your thinking caps, consume your creative herbal products. I think this is a product idea that can extend well beyond NASCAR, and has the potential to generate some serious profits. I look forward to buying stock in your company, after you make this idea a reality.
Will Rogers never met me.
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I just spent a delightful (and obscenely expensive) weekend in Las Vegas, attending the Xfinity and Cup Series NASCAR races. Wow! What a great time! But what a noise! I just got home to Bullhead City, and I'm nearly deaf, even though I wore earmuffs for most of the time. Earmuffs work great, but at those sound levels, it's impossible to talk to your buddy sitting in the next seat. And I like to eavesdrop on the drivers as they talk to their crews, but it's impossible to understand what the scanner is picking up during the race. Yes, it's possible to hear during a Caution, but not under full throttle. The product I'm looking for is an earmuff/headset that has a Noise Reduction Ratio of 124 dB or better, and speakers that can connect to a Bearcat 125AT handheld scanner. For the bonus round, I'd love to have BlueTooth capability and noise-cancelling microphones built in to allow voice communications between two people attending the race together. If there's a product out there that can do this, I'd love to hear about it. If someone here would like to tackle the project - I'm looking at you, Honey the Code Witch, but anyone is invited to join in - I'm in for two units, and available for Beta testing. If it turns out to be useful and reliable, I think I can safely guarantee many thousands of sales, and I wont charge you a thing for the idea. But I do expect to get mine free, no matter how many millions you rake in. And that's for the life of the product, all upgrades included. Heck, my idea is making you a millionaire - that's the least I deserve. So go and put on your thinking caps, consume your creative herbal products. I think this is a product idea that can extend well beyond NASCAR, and has the potential to generate some serious profits. I look forward to buying stock in your company, after you make this idea a reality.
Will Rogers never met me.
There is no product that will reduce noise by 124dB. The best you could hope for (in a single, economical product) is 30-40dB. People who work every day around excessive noise sometimes use ~33dB foam ear plugs in conjunction with ~35dB over-the-ear protective headsets. That said, solutions for NASCAR fans who need an intercom to communicate with each other and listen to scanner traffic are already commercially available. I have used similar equipment systems at Daytona, Talladega and Ft. Worth. Take a look at https://www.racingradios.com/collections/fans/products/racing-radios-fan-intercom-starter-package[^]. I do not work with or have any affiliation with Racing Radios.
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There is no product that will reduce noise by 124dB. The best you could hope for (in a single, economical product) is 30-40dB. People who work every day around excessive noise sometimes use ~33dB foam ear plugs in conjunction with ~35dB over-the-ear protective headsets. That said, solutions for NASCAR fans who need an intercom to communicate with each other and listen to scanner traffic are already commercially available. I have used similar equipment systems at Daytona, Talladega and Ft. Worth. Take a look at https://www.racingradios.com/collections/fans/products/racing-radios-fan-intercom-starter-package[^]. I do not work with or have any affiliation with Racing Radios.
I know - that was a typo. I'll settle for anything above 24 dB. But I think I may have found a solution, though it's a bit kludgy. There's a $75 headset on Amazon that has a 3.5mm jack to connect to an audio source - the scanner, in this case - and a 5-pin DIN cable to connect to a radio. I can adapt that to connect to a bluetooth transceiver that I can wear on my belt. I think that will solve the issue at a reasonable cost!
Will Rogers never met me.
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My pilot friends have pretty good headsets with microphones. Small planes are noisy, you sitting behind a V8 with no mufflers. The versions I have used are hardwired(minus) and plug into the radio(plus)
That's kind of what I'm looking for. What I really want is a headset with bluetooth connectivity, but adding a jack to connect to an external audio source.
Will Rogers never met me.
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There are actively damped air muffs that can boast of a damping of approximately 40 dBA, which is extremely good. The thing with actively damped earmuffs is that they already have a microphone attached, so communication is included almost by default. It is mainly used by the army, special forces, etc, and one such provider I know of is called Quietpro.
Thanks! I'll look into that. No reason to re-invent the wheel, unless I can save a ton of money doing so.
Will Rogers never met me.
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Have you tried asking this in a NASCAR (or any other racing fan group) forum? I would imagine that other racing fans have run into this.
Oh, the product exists, but they want upwards of $500 each. I can design and build this from scratch for less than that.
Will Rogers never met me.
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I saw those, and I like them. But I need to be able to connect to an external audio source so we can monitor the scanner radio. Good find, though!
Will Rogers never met me.
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I just spent a delightful (and obscenely expensive) weekend in Las Vegas, attending the Xfinity and Cup Series NASCAR races. Wow! What a great time! But what a noise! I just got home to Bullhead City, and I'm nearly deaf, even though I wore earmuffs for most of the time. Earmuffs work great, but at those sound levels, it's impossible to talk to your buddy sitting in the next seat. And I like to eavesdrop on the drivers as they talk to their crews, but it's impossible to understand what the scanner is picking up during the race. Yes, it's possible to hear during a Caution, but not under full throttle. The product I'm looking for is an earmuff/headset that has a Noise Reduction Ratio of 124 dB or better, and speakers that can connect to a Bearcat 125AT handheld scanner. For the bonus round, I'd love to have BlueTooth capability and noise-cancelling microphones built in to allow voice communications between two people attending the race together. If there's a product out there that can do this, I'd love to hear about it. If someone here would like to tackle the project - I'm looking at you, Honey the Code Witch, but anyone is invited to join in - I'm in for two units, and available for Beta testing. If it turns out to be useful and reliable, I think I can safely guarantee many thousands of sales, and I wont charge you a thing for the idea. But I do expect to get mine free, no matter how many millions you rake in. And that's for the life of the product, all upgrades included. Heck, my idea is making you a millionaire - that's the least I deserve. So go and put on your thinking caps, consume your creative herbal products. I think this is a product idea that can extend well beyond NASCAR, and has the potential to generate some serious profits. I look forward to buying stock in your company, after you make this idea a reality.
Will Rogers never met me.
For a cheap(ish) and simple solution, have you considered just wearing Bluetooth noise cancelling earbuds with a pair of muffs on over that?
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That's kind of what I'm looking for. What I really want is a headset with bluetooth connectivity, but adding a jack to connect to an external audio source.
Will Rogers never met me.
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If you are okay with a jack for the radio feed, then go wired all the way! The big issue with the wired is what happens when you have to use the restroom!? I see why you want wireless.
Exactly! Though, with beer going for $15 a can, there are fewer trips to the bathrooms than one might expect.
Will Rogers never met me.