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AirPods (and Bose QuietComfort) make me dizzy/nauseous. Also, they don’t have decent passive noise cancellation, so they’re not appropriate for mowing the lawn
by hedora 1y ago
AirPods (and Bose QuietComfort) make me dizzy/nauseous.
Also, they don’t have decent passive noise cancellation, so they’re not appropriate for mowing the lawn, etc.
My Sennheiser ear buds solve all these problems for a much lower price, and their sound quality is much better than the last pair of AirPods I tried.
To each their own, I guess.
- lurking_swe 1y agowell to be fair, some people simply don’t tolerate ANC well. Likely due to a more sensitive vestibular system. I believe this group often (not always) also struggles with motion sickness.
- kjkjadksj 1y agoIt should be stated that noise cancellation is not hearing protection, if you were using it for that while mowing. An old groundskeepers trick for having music and ear protection is to get those big over ear protectors and put your buds on with that over them, just being mindful of volume of course.
- hedora 1y agoAnother trick is to get earbuds with passive noise isolation. The Sennheisers are a hybrid. They are solid ear plugs even with the power turned off, but support active cancellation too. With the big over ear hearing protectors that works much better than either in isolation. Sadly, you usually have to find third party tests to find out what the passive noise isolation rating is for different brands. Manufacturers are terrible at marketing it.
- kjkjadksj 1y agoYou could also go hybrid the opposite way. They make some of those protective earmuffs with built in blutooth speakers now.