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I need a pair of headphones! And I had to resist a powerful impulse to put HPQOTD as a subject...
My multinational megacorp employer has decide it will be a magical productivity boost to move all departments into large open offices, where images from Orson Welles' The Trial[^] come to my mind.
I am extremely sensitive to noise (cannot concentrate) and on bad days the first solution I think of is a decent XXL baseball bat. The second idea, to constantly walk around to remind colleagues of their acoustically pollutive behavior will soon make me the black sheep of the office floor. So I often listen to music, whale-song, ocean surf etc in my cheapo headphones. Not good enuff. I can distinguish seven conversations through the soundtrack.
The "noise-cancelling" models from BOSE etc are not doing much to human noises so I think I really need something that blocks noise out mechanically. So they need to be super tight and extremely comfortable. No contradiction there eh! Cordless would be nifty but arent they often suffering from crackling etc? I would like decent sound quality but mega-hifi is not important.
Suggestions, ideas, your experiences? Or even mental techniques?
Thanks
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megaadam wrote: I am extremely sensitive to noise (cannot concentrate) and on bad days the first solution I think of is a decent XXL baseball bat.
Me too!
My (IMHO amazingly effective) solution is a pair of cheap, lightweight headphones (I use my original circa 1981 Walkman phones) into which I feed pink noise. I generated a 60 minute .wav file of unchanging pink noise (the changing kind was far too distracting) and play it looped in WinAmp, when the ambient noise around me rises to an objectionable level (which is almost always). I adjust WinAmp's volume to counter the offending ambient noise. Quite often, it only needs to be between 15-20% in order to do the job.
You can Google for online pink noise generators, or I can make the file available to you shortly.
/ravi
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Thanks! I will definitely look that up and try it.
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No thank you on the pink noise. I had to look this up and I had to listen to a few samples, and that kind of noise would make me commit suicide.
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Try this one[^]. It's the 1 hour sample I created and use.
/ravi
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If your are into classical music, go to Pandora and there is a station: "Classical for Studying". I sometimes use it when I try to concentrate.
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Can't you give him some of your music instead - that's way better... 
Anything that is unrelated to elephants is irrelephant
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The problem with quotes on the internet is that you can never tell if they're genuine
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I'd just like a chance to prove that money can't make me happy.
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Cool - Thanks!  
Anything that is unrelated to elephants is irrelephant
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The problem with quotes on the internet is that you can never tell if they're genuine
Winston Churchill, 1944
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I'd just like a chance to prove that money can't make me happy.
Me, all the time
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Thanks. You might enjoy the video[^] I created for this song.
/ravi
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My favorite, too.
Nice, Ravi! Do you ever collaborate with folks through the interwebs?
If you think 'goto' is evil, try writing an Assembly program without JMP.
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Thanks.
A buddy and I play at open mic nights and record at my home studio. Haven't yet collaborated over the web but am definitely open to doing so! 
/ravi
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That's very cool, Ravi. Listened to several. Got Slow Blues in A going now, sweet. It's not good though as it makes me want to leave my desk, go home and crank up the amp. Been too long since I have drenched myself in the warm river of tube distortion.
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MKJCP wrote: It's not good though as it makes me want to leave my desk, go home and crank up the amp. Been too long since I have drenched myself in the warm river of tube distortion.
Ha ha! Thanks! 
/ravi
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As a Pink Floyd fan, I should say that your piece Trying to be Gilmour[^] is really awesome. I like it, I like it...   Thanks for sharing it.
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It doesn't get quieter than these[^]
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Not quite true. Inserting a pair of these[^] into your ears will result in a larger reduction in perceived noise levels. 
Did you ever see history portrayed as an old man with a wise brow and pulseless heart, waging all things in the balance of reason?
Is not rather the genius of history like an eternal, imploring maiden, full of fire, with a burning heart and flaming soul, humanly warm and humanly beautiful?
--Zachris Topelius
Training a telescope on one’s own belly button will only reveal lint. You like that? You go right on staring at it. I prefer looking at galaxies.
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Thanks, and they look pretty hip as well!
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Definitely hipster material.
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