Is dubstep noise? Because I seem to work just fine with that turned way up. No but seriously, aren't headphones the great equalizer (pun!) when it comes to no

Is dubstep noise? Because I seem to work just fine with that turned way up. No but seriously, aren't headphones the great equalizer (pun!) when it comes to noise? Our office has a good bit of road noise these days, but a quality set of over the ear headphones makes it all disappear. And when it's not been road noise, it has been coworkers distracting me. I've done it so long that my headphones are both a signal to those around me that I'm getting work done and not to interrupt, and a weird signal to myself to get down to business. I find that I reach for them as a reflex when I know I need to really think through something and concentrate.