Keeping Out the Noise, Letting In the Sound
I have worn earplugs for a few years’ worth of nights and while there was nothing major, I have had to deal with a few side effects. The most prominent one was ear pain—mainly when I had gotten earplugs that weren’t a good fit for my ears or when I hadn’t inserted them properly. But …
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I recently got myself a pair of bone conduction headphones, the Aftershokz Sportz Titanium and put them through some good testing. In this post, I am reviewing the Sportz Titanium for various applications, including listening to audio while keeping an open ear and awareness of my surroundings, and the opposite: using them together with the …
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In this post, I’ll offer specific advice on how you can use white noise to improve your sleep and remove night time noise. I am going to detail how to administer white noise for better sleep and cover specific white noise machines, apps, and headphones to generate white noise in your bedroom. We will also …
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I this post, I am going to review and rank the best noise cancelling earmuffs I have been able to find. I have owned and used all earmuffs in this review. I am also going to shed some light on what noise reduction numbers you should insist on when deciding which pair is right for …
Today is Christmas Eve. I spent a good two hours at the gym running the cross-trainer and working the machines. The last ten minutes was treadmill time. Depending on the music, the treadmill means chilling out, speeding up, or FLYING. Yes, you can lift off from a tread mill—and today was flying time for me. …
Are you sitting at your desk and trying to concentrate but can’t? You really want to dive into that article, book, or paper but keep losing track after short while. You are getting increasingly agitated. How the hell can I get these folks around me shut the … up? I have been there many times, …
Read moreHow to Create Effective Speech Noise Blockers for Office and Studying on a Shoestring
What is the secret to blocking out snoring noise? Many people are forever on the hunt for the perfect earplugs to block snoring, but few ever find them. Others have given up and just try to live with snoring roommates or move them to a different room. I am not going to rehash manufacturer’s claims; …
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Many people get expensive noise cancelling headphones in the hope that they will somehow completely shield them from environmental noise. But when they switch on their headphones’ noise cancelling without music, they notice that all that chatter, shouting and screaming is still coming through. It may appear at times as if voices are even amplified. …
Read moreWhy Noise Cancelling Headphones Don’t Block Voices and What You Can Do About it
If you are a side sleeper like me (most of the time), finding headphones or earbuds to sleep in comfortably isn’t straight-forward. My favorite earbuds, for example, get pushed into my ear when my head hits the pillow. After a short while they become painful and I have to remove them. My very comfy over-the-ear …
Read moreThe Best Headphones and Earbuds for Sleeping on Your Side and on Your Back
I have a history with sleeplessness caused by night-time noise. It started a few years after I had moved to Asia to take on a new job. The first four years everything went well, but then I had the idea to upgrade and get myself a nicer apartment. It was right in the city center, …