Thank you all who replied about this post. I finally picked up a Bose QC15 from the shop at Camberwell junction, on special at $359 Although they don't drown out hubby tapping the keyboard in the background, they make me feel as though I am in a different room. We had a very bad experience on line at ValueBasket, cancelled the order after waiting a month and they only refunded after we raised a credit card dispute. Apparently there are a lot of counterfeits on the market - so if you plan to buy one, check with Bose that the dealer is authorised.
_____ From: ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com [mailto:ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com] On Behalf Of GregAtGregLowDotCom Sent: Monday, 24 March 2014 10:27 AM To: ozDotNet Subject: RE: [OT] Noise cancelling earphones for a quietprogramming environment? +1 for the Bose gear. I wear them all the time on long flights and love them but have also used them in other environments and they are great. The noise reduction quality is amazing. +1 also to the idea of drowning out part of the other noise. While they work well without anything even plugged in, clearly you'll lose the other distractions better if you have sounds of your own. For the same reason, I often will have the TV, or music, etc. on when I'm home alone working just to provide background noise. Otherwise, every little sound seems to be distracting. Regards, Greg Dr Greg Low 1300SQLSQL (1300 775 775) office | +61 419201410 mobile│ +61 3 8676 4913 fax SQL Down Under | Web: <http://www.sqldownunder.com/> www.sqldownunder.com From: ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com [mailto:ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com] On Behalf Of Jorke Odolphi Sent: Monday, 24 March 2014 9:28 AM To: ozDotNet Subject: Re: [OT] Noise cancelling earphones for a quiet programming environment? http://worldwide.bose.com/axa/en_au/web/quietcomfort_20i/page.html I have a set of these - there is an 'active' mode that basically reduces people talking to sounding like a faint version of the "peanuts" teacher (I hope that's not too old a reference for people:) I can vouch it works amazingly well in an open office, when I have them on ppl have to wave at me to get attention - I have a mechanical keyboard and I can't hear that either - YMMV of course - if you go to the bose store they're pretty good at helping you test for your situation, especially at that price tag. I had the guy do loud sniffles for me so I could see if it worked for that: From: Kirsten Greed <kirst...@jobtalk.com.au> Reply-To: ozDotNet <ozdotnet@ozdotnet.com> Date: Sunday, 23 March 2014 1:20 pm To: ozDotNet <ozdotnet@ozdotnet.com> Subject: [OT] Noise cancelling earphones for a quiet programming environment? Hi All So that I can concentrate better, I am trying to filter out the mouse clicking sound from person at the desk next to me. Has anyone any tech recommendations on how to do this? Thanks Kirsten __________ Information from ESET NOD32 Antivirus, version of virus signature database 9579 (20140323) __________ The message was checked by ESET NOD32 Antivirus. http://www.eset.com
