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Sony WH-1000XM2 Great sounding headphone with class leading NC.
Look around you can get it for < £300
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Yes, these are starting to look like the ones. Thanks.
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They are good, especially if your source supports LDAC.
If you wanted to look at IEM's too which are noise canceling by design then the new iBasso IT01 is very good at around 90 quid.
I use the Sony and the iBasso in the office every day.
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I'm more inclined to highly visible 'phones rather than IEMs, simply because they send a visual message of "leave me alone, I'm coding."
My source currently would be my mobile (Chinese junk but surprisingly decent sound through the headphone socket) and I suspect that I'd use it wired rather than Bluetooth it.
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Good luck with that. I also have the Beyerdynamic T5p Gen 2 even those don't appear to discourage people here from interrupting me.
A simple hand gesture usually works though. 
I'm not sure if the Sony includes a cable I don't think it did, so budget a few extra £'s for a 3.5mm to 3.5mm 1.5 meter long cable too, or you can use them in DAC mode via a USB cable I believe, but I can't comment on that because I've never used them that way.
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It does come with a 1.5 meter cable - not often something comes with a cable that's a sensible length!
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PeejayAdams wrote: Can anyone recommend ANC Headphones
Pretty sure Nelson Mandella had a pair.
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You forgot one very important one if 2) is implemented.
5) A chair with a seatbelt and a back strong enough to keep you from needing a chiropractor when your coworkers are forced to kick your seat to get your attention.
Did you ever see history portrayed as an old man with a wise brow and pulseless heart, weighing 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.
-- Sarah Hoyt
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Nah! It's alright, they ignore me anyway!
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I prefer using LARTs, or percussive maintenance tools, in such circumstances. They (a) tend to discourage recidivists, and (b) are a lot cheaper than £300.
Ad astra - both ways!
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A LART is a highly tempting option, but sadly, there are too many attitudes to readjust.
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Too many sttitudes, not enough bullets.
GCS d-- s-/++ a- C++++ U+++ P- L+@ E-- W++ N+ o+ K- w+++ O? M-- V? PS+ PE- Y+ PGP t+ 5? X R+++ tv-- b+(+++) DI+++ D++ G e++ h--- ++>+++ y+++* Weapons extension: ma- k++ F+2 X
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PeejayAdams wrote: A LART is a highly tempting option, but sadly, there are too many attitudes to readjust.
cough
Maxim 6. If violence wasn’t your last resort, you failed to resort to enough of it.
Did you ever see history portrayed as an old man with a wise brow and pulseless heart, weighing 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.
-- Sarah Hoyt
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I use the Bose QC35s. The company supplied them when they moved us all into a large open office environment.
They work wonderfully.
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That's a pretty generous company (even if they did move you into an open plan office).
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PeejayAdams wrote: That's a pretty generous company
Yep. There is good reason I've been employed here for nearly 33 years. 
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That's got to be some kind of record in the IT game!
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I only spent about 5 years in IT here. The first 5 and last 23 have been engineering.
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They let you do stuff that's not IT? They sound better by the minute
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Wow  . That beats my record of 27.5 years at my current employer.
Software Zen: delete this;
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I have and like these -- UltraPhones – High Isolation Studio Headphones (29db)[^]
The passive noise cancellation is better than any active NC I've ever heard, and doesn't require me to turn the music up loud to drown out anything.
Only problem I have with them, is that I can't hear the building fire alarm if I have the music turned up even a little bit.
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Did I read it correctly - they weigh 3lb!
I got rid of a pair of Kiptch, they gave me a headache because they were so heavy and they were a dammed sight less than 1.5kg!
Never underestimate the power of human stupidity
RAH
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PeejayAdams wrote: hear the thoughts of anyone who has a pair specifically for coding in bad office environments
I got the Bose specifically for this sort of environment. 1st month I blew my data usage on the phone using Jango I was wearing them so much. They are excellent. 2nd month I stocked the phone with my own music.
The Bose seem to eliminate about 90% of the office chatter without requiring really loud rock to drown it out.
Never underestimate the power of human stupidity
RAH
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This may be a crazy suggestion depending on your office environment, but maybe you could ask your company to pay for them. If they are genuinely increasing your productivity (distractions, mental health), it's probably an investment that would pay for itself quickly.
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It's taken about 5 years even to convince them that they're a useful thing and I feel the agreement to let me use them is a somewhat reluctant one.
It all goes back to a couple of idiots long before my time who rather took the proverbial with their use of headphones and the politics have become rather entrenched over the years.
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