Office noise bothers some people more than others

Re:Office noise bothers some people more than others by ryanobjc on Monday November 18, 2019 @06:53PM (#21569404)

The ironic thing is "noise cancelling" headphone turn down the volume on the things easiest to tune out, and turns up the volume on things that are the most jarring.

Which is why I don't use noise cancelling headphones, instead you need passive blocking of noise, ie: material to dampen the sound from the office.

Sure sucks though.

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Re:Office noise bothers some people more than others by turtlebits on Monday November 18, 2019 @07:49PM (#21569782)

I disagree, I have the Sony's commented above (WH-1000XM3) and everything is muted, while background noise is gone. I regularly have coworkers calling from behind me and I can't hear them.

If you actually have something that jarring out of your control, I would say you have a bigger problem then just "noise".

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Re:Office noise bothers some people more than others by Aeolun on Monday November 18, 2019 @07:36PM (#21569705)

You can have both in the same headphones. Personally I rather enjoy putting on my headphones and entering my soundless world.

Of course there’s still distractions every 30 minutes, but at least they’re not noise related.

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