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Use noise cancelling headphones. They shut out the world with a bit of quiet music. I love my qc35. Doesn't fix the primary issue, but makes it more bearable.
by skriticos2 8y ago
Use noise cancelling headphones. They shut out the world with a bit of quiet music. I love my qc35. Doesn't fix the primary issue, but makes it more bearable.
- eeZah7Ux 8y ago> noise cancelling headphones They are very ineffective against voices! Passive insulating headphones are much better.
- noway421 8y agoafaik qc35 does both
- pdkl95 8y agoAssuming "qc35" == "Bose QuietComfort 35", it also eavesdrops on the metadata of everything you listen to and sends it to Bose (and segment.io). https://www.sfgate.com/news/article/Bose-headphones-have-been-spying-on-customers-11086904.php https://www.sfgate.com/news/article/Bose-headphones-have-bee...
- gvurrdon 8y agoThanks for the link. This sort of thing is becoming a total pain; it seems that there's almost no gadget I might use that's not reporting my habits to someone.
- davepage 8y agoAfter the scandal, they added an opt-out setting (but on the privacy policy page, where the nominal user will not think to look for it).
- loco5niner 8y agoTried those. Actually made the voices stand out more since everything else was more quiet :-(
- andrewaylett 8y agoMy Plantronics Backbeat Pro are pretty good at both. I can block all external noise with the volume turned down so low some people can't even hear the music when they put them on.
- gvurrdon 8y agoThey're not bad, but are relatively poor against sounds similar to human speech, which includes coughing, sniffing, throat clearing etc. My colleagues who have a large extractor fan just outside their window have reported that noise-cancelling headphones offer an improvement, though.
- loco5niner 8y agoYep, active noise cancellation is great for repeating sounds, but horrible for voices.
- burger_moon 8y agoOne problem is they don't cancel out the terrible odors you have to breath when you're packed in next to people who don't bath and eat at their desks. I think the awful smells I can't escape are worse than the noise at this point.