Yes, your correct. I was thinking more in the cases where my wife is vaccumming and I'm working. I usually just end up shutting the door. I actually wear headphones all day. I probably wear them about 15 hours a day since I use them to listen to my computer, practice music and so forth. THanks for the idea, I think that is a pretty sound idea. grin. Scott Howell [email protected]
On Jan 8, 2009, at 11:21 PM, Spiro wrote: > do you have a shooting shop near you? Yeah, I mean a gun shop. > I suggest that you go in, and ask for the cheapest shooting > headphones you > can get. I don't find the Oreck louder than all, a bit louder than the > ElectroLux. But when I'm running my router, i am happy happy happy > to have > an extra set of > *noise *cancelling *ear *protection! > I can't run the router for more than 5 mins without wanting to jump > out of > my skin. I do audio for a living. Also when i was into shooting > sports, > nothing bigger than a .32 or it would shorten the fun. > I think that *that will do you better than ear plugs. > There are even expensive Noise Cancelling Cans that allow a great > bit of > sound through. but they are cancelling "rapid rise audio" like a > sudden > sound level rise (as ehn you fire a gun) and will eventually flatten > out > on a vac; which may bring through more than you want and spend more > than > you want on it. > Being blind, you'll have to do the vacuuming with no one around as > it will > mess with your spacial a tiny bit and your "startle component" will > go way > up. > The cheapest might do you quite well. > The other answer would be "cancellation headphones" like used in mix > down > studios; (where they have to study sounds) which block out a great > bit of > outside sound. > But the shooting headphones do well limit noise and let some through, > where as the studio related ones will block all outside sound and > raise > your"startle factor" even more. > Best of luck > > On Thu, 8 Jan 2009, Claudia wrote: > > > Hi All, > > > > I have an Oreck upright vacuum, and I love the thing because you > can vacuum > > with it, very fast, and it's very lightweight. > > However, the darned noise from the vacuum is so loud that it tends > to give > > me a headache, at times. > > Are they all pretty noisy? > > > > Nothing has changed with it; I didn't inadvertently vacuum up > anything I > > wasn't supposed to; guess I was just really bothered by the noise > today! > > > > > > Claudia > > > > Join either of my groups; the first is for visually-impaired > women, while > > the other is for people wishing to discuss homemaking issues. > > [email protected] > > [email protected] > > > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
