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noise cancellation headsets?
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Now that is a very interesting idea, and I know the higher quality aviation ones are very effective. Interesting. Let me know how it goes, i was just planning on a set of earbud headphones for my walkman(I always wear one of my sets of shooting ear protectors while grinding, generally just soft rubber S&W ones, but if I'm ogoing to be at it for a while get out bthe big silencio ear muff style ones, so I could wear ear bud headphones under that.
I have no experience with any of the noise cancelling headsets, but as I understand it they only really cancel certain frequencies of sounds. IIRC they work best for higher frequencies, and ones that are continuous, such as a jet engine.
Might make it possible to hear a bit more over the grinding noise, but I guess the only way to tell for sure is to give some a try. BTW, to make things more complicated different models might work differently in different environments.
Might make it possible to hear a bit more over the grinding noise, but I guess the only way to tell for sure is to give some a try. BTW, to make things more complicated different models might work differently in different environments.
I shoot a lot of trap, skeet and sporting clays so I use amplified shooting muffs. They work great for shooting; all sound is amplified so you can hear normal conversation or more distant sound if you turn it up but the instant a gun shot goes off, the amplification turns off, effectively silencing the gun shot just well as plain ear muffs would. They would always be 'silenced' for a constant, loud noise like grinding so that's not quite what I'm looking for. When I am doing long grinding sessions, I use regular sound muffling head sets.
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I had the same problem until I figured out I was spending more time in the shop with earmuffs on, that in my house listening to my stereo, so I moved the stereo into my shop. Now I have four huge Polk speakers, one in each corner, powered by two Carver 200watt amps. Trust me, that system will blast through even the most annoying grinding sound you could make... even the kind that Jim Carey makes (Dumb and Dumber).
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I've tried 'em for grinding.
I borrowed a pair of the high-end aviation jobs. They worked really well, but they are heavy. Add the mask and glasses and you'll get a neck like a football center.
I bought a set of Sony noise cancelling earbuds. If you want tunes they'll work. The frequencies they filter don't really match the grinder sounds. However they do fill the ear canal so just that removes a fair amount of noise.
I went to the Boise store and looked at those. I don't think they would stand up to the dusty environment as well as the ear buds.
I'll sell my Sony Noise cancelling ear buds. They cost about $120 - I'll sell them for .... pick a price.
Steve
I borrowed a pair of the high-end aviation jobs. They worked really well, but they are heavy. Add the mask and glasses and you'll get a neck like a football center.
I bought a set of Sony noise cancelling earbuds. If you want tunes they'll work. The frequencies they filter don't really match the grinder sounds. However they do fill the ear canal so just that removes a fair amount of noise.
I went to the Boise store and looked at those. I don't think they would stand up to the dusty environment as well as the ear buds.
I'll sell my Sony Noise cancelling ear buds. They cost about $120 - I'll sell them for .... pick a price.
Steve
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Some non-noise cancelling in-ear phones like the ones Etymotic sell have more effective damping than the noise cancelling ones (20 db versus 15 db if I am remembering properly). I went through a noisce cancellation phase, and bought some very high-end aviator headphones, and the Etymotics were better at quieting ambient noise and were spectacularly better headphones.
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Here's my cheap version of this for an experiment.
My big set of shooting muffs is a pair of Silencio Magnum Deluxes. WHen I bought them they were the most powerful(not quite word I want, but ok) noise reduction local gunshop had. 29db if I remember right. So anyways, was on way to walmart to buy a set of earbud headphones to wear inside of these until I remembered that I had a second set of headphones at home. THese are the kind that are normal inexpensive headphone size(outside of ear type) but instead of a plastic band going over your head, each ear piece has a plastic loop that goes over the ear.
I plugged these into my headphone, and put them over my ears, adn tried to put muffs on then. No go, muffs weren't fitting over these headphones. SO I took off headphones and muffs again and experimented ab it. I discovered that while they won't fit over the headphones while they're on your ears normally, that you can take the headphones and insert them into the muffs before you put them on, and the muffs hold them securely in there.
Put the muffs on with headphones already inserted. Kicked on grinder, and while I do'nt have test equipment to prove it, it seemed that the sound of the grinder was even quiter than it normally is with the muffs alone(as if the headphones in there gave more sound insulation). It was also very easy to hear the radio or tape over what sound gets through the muffs.
SO there's my experience on this.
My big set of shooting muffs is a pair of Silencio Magnum Deluxes. WHen I bought them they were the most powerful(not quite word I want, but ok) noise reduction local gunshop had. 29db if I remember right. So anyways, was on way to walmart to buy a set of earbud headphones to wear inside of these until I remembered that I had a second set of headphones at home. THese are the kind that are normal inexpensive headphone size(outside of ear type) but instead of a plastic band going over your head, each ear piece has a plastic loop that goes over the ear.
I plugged these into my headphone, and put them over my ears, adn tried to put muffs on then. No go, muffs weren't fitting over these headphones. SO I took off headphones and muffs again and experimented ab it. I discovered that while they won't fit over the headphones while they're on your ears normally, that you can take the headphones and insert them into the muffs before you put them on, and the muffs hold them securely in there.
Put the muffs on with headphones already inserted. Kicked on grinder, and while I do'nt have test equipment to prove it, it seemed that the sound of the grinder was even quiter than it normally is with the muffs alone(as if the headphones in there gave more sound insulation). It was also very easy to hear the radio or tape over what sound gets through the muffs.
SO there's my experience on this.