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RE: Bose Headphones as ear protection - jgourlay - 07-17-2017 (07-17-2017, 08:17 AM)That\s a really great find! Thanks for that! The beauty of these for me is that they knock down machine noise: consistent whines, drones, hums. Inconsistent noise, such as the dog whining or the neighbor trying to get my attention actually sails right through. This is much different from me wearing muffs+plugs and having my wife scream me from 6' away and I can't hear her.Time weighting: yeah, makes perfect sense. When (if, please God) I ever get around to the new workbench project, that will be a symphony of stock prep so I'll stick some earplugs under the headphones. The cherry on top is because it knocks down so much of the workshop 'road noise', I can have the music volume lower than normal. Wrote: jppiersonI did a quick search for noise attenation of active noise reduction. Found this study concerning the Bose Quiet Comfort 2. RE: Bose Headphones as ear protection - jgourlay - 07-17-2017 (07-16-2017, 06:19 PM)gMike Wrote: Interesting. Never thought about noise cancelling headphones for shop use. Good idea. They don't give those headphones away ($$$) but with as little hearing as I have left it might be cheap hearing protection. Mike, if you don't care about music while working and you live in a cool-in-the-summer climate, they're very expensive just for noise reduction. What attracts me to them is that I really like music in the shop, and they mare much much lighter and cooler that standard muffs. The average temperature where I live is a somewhere about the median temperature of the surface of the sun with an average humidity like Venus. So I hate standard muffs. The other thing that goes along with this. I am primarily a handtool guy. Handtool drives a whole different work philosophy and I end up not milling up all the stock at once, not doing all the rips at once, etc. Instead, I'm back and forth between the bench and power tools. It makes taking muffs off and on a nagging hassle. With these, they are light enough to leave on, they bring the music, don't prevent me from hearing someone trying to get my attention and makes all the transitions hassle-free. After my first post I did some work out in the shop. I'm more sold that I was. RE: Bose Headphones as ear protection - brianwelch - 07-17-2017 I have recently tried these from Harbor Freight on a lark: https://www.harborfreight.com/noise-canceling-electronic-ear-muffs-92851.html They allow pass thru of regular sounds until they reach 85db (I have to take their word on that as I do not have a meter) above which the offending dbs are instantly cut off... So far have worked quite well, also use them while cutting the lawn... RE: Bose Headphones as ear protection - Admiral - 07-17-2017 (07-16-2017, 07:53 PM)Steve N Wrote: Anyone looking for a really good earmuff type These 3M rock at a NRR of 30, and 21 bux I have a lot of guys in the hard hat mounted version of this at work, and get nothing but "thank you" from those guys. There is another with a noise canx side, but NRR is only 27. I would suggest the 30 every day. I picked up a pair of these at the flea market a few weeks ago, they are indeed excellent, and reasonably priced new (paid $2 for mine at the market ). RE: Bose Headphones as ear protection - rfd8w5 - 07-17-2017 Are you a "professional" woodworker. I bet I could find an OSHA inspector that would just LOVE to write you a citation. RE: Bose Headphones as ear protection - Steve N - 07-17-2017 (07-17-2017, 12:47 PM)Admiral Wrote: I picked up a pair of these at the flea market a few weeks ago, they are indeed excellent, and reasonably priced new (paid $2 for mine at the market You could flip quite a few pairs of them at that price RE: Bose Headphones as ear protection - Handplanesandmore - 07-17-2017 SensGard NRR 31 Hearing Protectors for about $30, from Lee Valley. Your ears will thank you for the investment. Simon RE: Bose Headphones as ear protection - vernonator - 07-18-2017 (07-16-2017, 06:18 PM)Halfathumb Wrote: I've worn a pair of these in my shop connected to my MP3. Works great, unless someone wants to get my attention. I do the same (have a pair of Sony NC). I also use them when mowing and/or running the weed eater. RE: Bose Headphones as ear protection - Cooler - 07-18-2017 I have a set of "noise isolation", reference grade, earphones. They fit snugly in the ear and seem to block all outside sound. They are reference grade so it reproduces sound exactly as recorded without the popular over-boost of the bass. Voice reproduction is exceptional, but the lack of an over-boosted bass may disappoint. The down sides are: 1. They are not quite comfortable in the ear, and they fit deep in the ear canal. I use the silicon earpieces; the foam ones may be more comfortable. 2. No over-boost of the bass. 3. Ghastly expensive. I got mine from Amazon.com for about $300.00. I have a pair of Beats over the ear phones which is also noise isolating (not noise cancelling) but they are overly warm to use in the summer. I prefer the in the ear for warm weather. https://www.amazon.com/dp/B004CXBJ6A/?tag=googhydr-20&hvadid=177152045897&hvpos=1t1&hvnetw=g&hvrand=14077456886899712721&hvpone=&hvptwo=&hvqmt=b&hvdev=c&hvdvcmdl=&hvlocint=&hvlocphy=9004239&hvtargid=aud-318871268760:kwd-27503743597&ref=pd_sl_6k48gjz964_b The Beats work with my cell phone; the Etymotic does not. RE: Bose Headphones as ear protection - jcousins2 - 07-19-2017 I bought bose 35 for airplane travel & listening to books. They are blue tooth & noise reduction. Wanted to keep listening to the book so used them in shop and was surprised at the nr. Very comfortable so now use them in the shop most of the time. But pretty expensive. jerry |