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Noise Cancelling Headphones

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Got myself a pair of these and trying them out for the first time (just in my flat). No noise from the outside world, no rattling of radiators or boilers ticking over. Have a strangely calm sensation in my head which is hard to describe. 


Only uncovered what I strongly believe to be autism just over a week ago with my therapist, but I’m collecting more and more data every day that supports the discovery. Completely blindsided me if I’m honest but my response has been mostly positive so far.

There is definitely a little bit of grief behind it, but for the first time in my life the noise in my head and the tension in my body has been turned right down. I said to my therapist yesterday it’s like someone has handed me the instruction manual to my brain. Still lots of stuff to figure out but it’s a huge relief to finally have some answers after all these years.

Anyway, excuse my little tangent. The noise cancelling headphones are a good purchase it seems!

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  • in reply to Andy Neniu

    Well, I went with the Audio-Technica NC earbuds and I'm really pleased. They arrived this morning (I only ordered them yesterday) and they're doing a good job of calming my nerves. I think I've been having a bit of a burnout episode over the last few days - noises sound uncomfortable and I need to sleep lots, and I've turned the brightness on my monitors down a lot. The earbuds are doing a good job of filtering out background noise. My wife is watching something on the computer and I can't tell what it is, can't even hear the adverts when they ramp up volume unnecessarily! I've got active noise cancelling set to full, and there's a forest soundscape which is helping mask out a lot of noise too. I live in quite a wooded area with lots of trees visible from our flat, so this is ideal. There are a few different soundscapes that you can have playing in the background, or none at all. They don't filter out everything, but they're making thing an awful lot better. I can't hear the washing machine that I've just put on and our kitchen tap doesn't sound painful to my ear when I was just running it.

  • in reply to Andy Neniu

    No experience of the audio technica but what I can say, after going down a bit of a hyperfocus rabbit-hole is that there are some truly stunning iem's coming out of China these days (chi-fi is a thing!) - well worth doing a bit of reading as iem's, whether active noise cancelling or not, with the right tips reduce background noise massively.  

    I'm a wired kind of guy when it comes to iems/headphones, so other than to say they make Bluetooth receivers that fit any iem these days, I cant really recommend any Bluetooth built in devices. 

    But yeah, getting a decent pair of iems doesn't need to cost 150 dollars these days (you can get _incredible_ sounding ones at that price), and really getting the right tips to provide a good inner ear seal is going to give you a solid level of passive noise cancelling. 

    If you want wired recommends let me know your budget - home studio here too btw; I wouldn't class myself as an audiophile but I appreciate good sound.