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I am facing probably at least three years of construction starting 40' from my deck where I'm currently sitting. As I type a Cat, dumptruck, and roller are all rumbling about with their exhausts and back-up beepers blaring. So I'm wearing hearing protectors that I bought at the gun shop to try and tame my shop-Vac and they are (just) adequate. But I'd like to have some music too...
So I'm thinking about some noise cancelling headphones. I'll likely never wear them anywhere else so they can be ugly, big and clunky, especially if it increases the noise rejection. I don't need stellar performance, for instance I find the cheap, Ti diaphragm, on-ear Koss units to sound just fine.
I welcome any suggestions.
Thanks, Rick
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I wanted a cheap nc headphone to wear when I am on the treadmill and for the one or two jet trips I take per year. I didn't want to spend a lot. I bought the Nakamichi NC-40 headphones and for $60, I think they sound very good.
Believe it or not IEMs (In Ear Monitors) not earbuds (like those that come w/ an IPod )
work pretty well at isolating noise.. Whenever I used them I found the "deep" Compli ear tips better than most of the tips that come stardard on most IEMs. Shure has a reasonably priced series of high SQ IEMs
They might be just what you need to let you ignore that construction while listening to music on your patio
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