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Re:Ask HN : Where do you work (if freelance) ? by rw on Saturday January 17, 2009 @12:13PM (#438263)
Don't get open-ear headphones. I received some nice entry-level ones (Grado SR60), and they sound wonderful - but background noise is a problem. The coffee shop-office strategy takes some experimentation to get right.
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Re:Ask HN : Where do you work (if freelance) ? by wallflower on Saturday January 17, 2009 @01:12PM (#438333)
If you want pure DB reduction, shotgun-type ear protection works but looks weird.

I find the Bose QC2/Audio-Technica ANC-7 headphones do a good job at reducing low-frequency noise disturbances (e.g. train noise) but don't really do much with random background conversation chatter.

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