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I use a pair of Bose active noise cancelling headphones (Quiet Comfort 15, over ear). I work in an open plan office with many people using the phone or talking
by RossM 13y ago
I use a pair of Bose active noise cancelling headphones (Quiet Comfort 15, over ear). I work in an open plan office with many people using the phone or talking across the room. I'm fairly distracted by this and these help, but it doesn't exactly silence outside noise. In fact, for some people their voices seem more pronounced when the noise cancelling is on. However they're pretty good quality, comfortable to wear and can truly deaden the sound of air conditioning and keyboards.
Major downside is that you have to turn on noise cancelling to listen to music - which is powered by a single AAA battery.
- howradical 13y agoI second these and also recommend the new QC20's. Neither offer the best sound quality, but hands down the best noise canceling capabilities. The QC20's are in-ear and much more wearable outside of the office.
- RossM 13y agoI've been thinking about switching back to in-ear buds - are they any better at blocking out voices? Also does that battery pack(?) on the QC20s get in the way much?