Guide to finding headphones

[Graphin]

It's so difficult for me, earlier it was kinda possible but now I am just seeing ads everywhere.
Clear sound without much focus on any frequency range, for big ears and letting in as least noise as possible.
I don't know how to do the research how difficult can it be

 

[SimplyWandering]

These mpow brand are great, cheap and block out the sound... though people might look at you weird. The fit is a tight seal on the ears. These are technically meant for gun ranges, but they muffle a lot of sounds. 10 to 15 bucks on amazon

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01L1U9L5W/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o03_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

The short version is this: noise isolating headphones physically block ambient noisewith their seal against your ear; noise cancelling may do that too, but also electronically cancel the actual soundwaves.

Basically the higher the db. Decibel rating, the better it is to block out sound. These are 28s, I know you can find them in the 30s also.

 

[Graphin]

This is hearing protection not actual headphones.
One pair is broken, the other one not really bad, but essentially just too low quality, no noise insulation, I hear a lot of distortion and cannot make out many sounds I would need in bearable volume ranges. Due to the different properties of those noise reducing methods, even if not very strong a combination would be desirable.

 

[Judge]

Use this forum's search function and type "noise-cancelling headphones" into the text box.

Lots of threads on this subject.

 

[clg114]

I spend a lot of time at a shooting range, so I have had several sets of headphones for hearing protection. The set that I am currently using work very good and are not very expensive. When they are turned on, I can turn the volume up to hear normal conversation. They will still block anything over 90 db and they are big enough to fit over my big ears. This way I do not have to take them off just to hear what is being said to me. When they are turned all of the way down, I can not hear anything. When they are turned all the up, I have super hearing.The brand is Impact Sport and if I remember right they were around $35 or $40. I bought them at a gun shop.

 

[Mr Allen]

I found some good headphones that kind of work, plugged into my phone to cancel out Dad's Eagles songs and Country music on long car journeys, but I have to put my hearing aid to Telephone mode for it to work, I mean yeah OK I could possibly get hearing aid specific headphones from the RNID website, but annoyingly specialist equipment like this is ridiculously expensive.

 

[Graphin]

Regarding noise cancelling headphones on this forum, yes there is a lot, but i also am picky with actual sound quality and suck at researching, everybody "just" does it somehow.

 

[Judge]

Regarding noise cancelling headphones on this forum, yes there is a lot, but i also am picky with actual sound quality and suck at researching, everybody "just" does it somehow.

Just keep it all in proper perspective. That your ability to hear and distinguish sound (or the lack thereof) itself is terribly subjective. Simply researching and comparing them on paper will never be as effective as actually testing them out for yourself.

For me the best noise-cancelling headphones remain the Bose Quiet Comfort line based on actually wearing and hearing them. But they're also some of the most expensive models which to date has kept me from taking the plunge and actually buying them.

 

[Graphin]

It even is difficult for me to find things that could be appealing and aren't advertisments essentially. In the 2 local stores where I can try proper headphones it's sparse, Bose Quiet is often present there but too expensive.

 

[Judge]

It even is difficult for me to find things that could be appealing and aren't advertisments essentially. In the 2 local stores where I can try proper headphones it's sparse, Bose Quiet is often present there but too expensive.

$300+ is simply too much IMO for any pair of headphones. Though I also can't say I've heard another pair at a lower price that performed any where near as well either.

I still play around with the idea of using ear-protectors with a very (NRR) high noise reduction rating (around 34db) combined with a smaller set of high-quality earbuds.

 

[Graphin]

I actually saw my father try to insert old broken headphones membranes into ear protectors
From experience I'd say good headphones are much more comfortable

 

[Judge]

From experience I'd say good headphones are much more comfortable

So is the ride in a Rolls Royce. That more often than not, you get what you pay for.

But then most of us can't afford a Rolls, apart from a $300 pair of headphones. Manufacturers like Sony and Bose are banking on clientele who refuse to compromise. Mighty tempting- at times.

Though usually around Christmas many retailers will in fact offer such headphones with a $50 discount off the base price.

 

[Starfire]

I bought the Bose QC2 for my 50th birthday present. That was the only thing I wanted, no presents, party, or anything else just the headphones. I absolutely love them and while they are super expensive, they are magical for me.

I’m super easily upset, irritated, overwhelmed or prone to meltdown by unwanted noise it’s my biggest sensory issue. I also own some expensive Sennheiser headphones which are extremely comfortable, and some heavy duty and fairly cheap construction site ear defenders which are useful too, amongst other disappointing headphones. My advice would be instead of cutting corners which I did for years with cheaper and vastly inferior headphones, if you can’t afford the ones the one ones you want, wait and save, it’s so worth it.

I can’t afford a Rolls Royce, but with my Bose headphones with noise cancelling on full, whatever ride I’m in feels better than a Rolls, and I can wear them at work, the doctors, the pub etc, etc and everywhere that I can’t go in a Rolls!

 

[Judge]

I bought the Bose QC2 for my 50th birthday present. That was the only thing I wanted, no presents, party, or anything else just the headphones. I absolutely love them and while they are super expensive, they are magical for me.

I’m super easily upset, irritated, overwhelmed or prone to meltdown by unwanted noise it’s my biggest sensory issue. I also own some expensive Sennheiser headphones which are extremely comfortable, and some heavy duty and fairly cheap construction site ear defenders which are useful too, amongst other disappointing headphones. My advice would be instead of cutting corners which I did for years with cheaper and vastly inferior headphones, if you can’t afford the ones the one ones you want, wait and save, it’s so worth it.

I can’t afford a Rolls Royce, but with my Bose headphones with noise cancelling on full, whatever ride I’m in feels better than a Rolls, and I can wear them at work, the doctors, the pub etc, etc and everywhere that I can’t go in a Rolls!

They do what they advertise. That much is true.

Put them on, flip on that little switch and tune the world out.

 

[Isadoorian]

hoo hoo! You'll want r/headphoneadvice on Reddit if you're a Redditor; still good discussions and questions on there even if you aren't one.

I got myself a pair of Phillips SPH9500Ss a couple months back that were on Sale on Newegg.ca ($100 down from $200 regular) as a replacement to my Logitech G230s; I love em. Open back but they're still good; even better is that I found they were going out of production a ouple weeks or so after I got em. Thinking of getting myself a Schitt Fulla 2 next