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Re:Ask HN: How do you focus at work? by dllu on Monday July 16, 2018 @06:25PM (#17545693)
I own the Bose QC25 and have never really been happy with its capability to block human voices. Perhaps the QC35 are better. I also read that the Sony noise cancelling headphones (MDR-1000x and successors) have eclipsed the Bose ones in noise-cancelling quality. Anyhow, having to charge (or change batteries) for headphones every day is really annoying.

My current setup involves in-ear monitors (Massdrop x MEE Audio Pinnacle PX IEM) plus gigantic 3M Peltor X5A earmuffs on top of them [1].

I look ridiculous wearing the 3M Peltor X5A but it sends a strong message that I don't want to be disturbed, and they do a much better job than the Bose headphones at blocking human voices.

I have read that an alternative is to wear headphones on top of in-ear monitors, playing music on the IEMs and white noise on the headphones. This is the setup for Starcraft II professional gamers in tournament settings, for example.

[1] pic: https://pics.dllu.net/file/dllu-pics/20180716_151629.jpg

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Re:Ask HN: How do you focus at work? by mimimihaha on Monday July 16, 2018 @07:49PM (#17546152)
The QC25’s are on sale right now for $120 which I’ve heard is insanely cheap. Do you still not recommend them for that cheap of a price? I was just about to bite the bullet on it.
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Re:Ask HN: How do you focus at work? by jolmg on Monday July 16, 2018 @09:46PM (#17546685)
> for $120 which I’ve heard is insanely cheap

What? My earphones are $15. What do $120 headphones do to deserve being 8 times more expensive?

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Re:Ask HN: How do you focus at work? by rbinv on Tuesday July 17, 2018 @02:43AM (#17547793)
Active noise cancellation?
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Re:Ask HN: How do you focus at work? by jolmg on Tuesday July 17, 2018 @01:19PM (#17551348)
Why the downvotes? Is my surprise at seeing $120 headphones considered as cheap somehow inappropriate for the site?
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Re:Ask HN: How do you focus at work? by pmarreck on Tuesday July 17, 2018 @05:57PM (#17553809)
downvotes for comparing headphones without active noise cancellation to headphones that have very good noise cancellation.

until you try them, you wouldn't understand.

and yes, that is cheap considering that NC headphones typically go for $299 and up

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