Originally Posted by
tev9999
Go for in-ear isolation phones, not on/around ear cancellation headphones. I could be sitting next to a freight train with my Sennheiser CX-300 in and never hear it.
Thanks for the suggestion... What I'm still puzzled is that... Do i have to play some music for that to work??? That is, i need to play either soft music or some white noise to mask the outside noise??? Or i can just power up the headphones and it will cancel all the ambient noise around me???
Originally Posted by
groovygrendel
Mr. GG's snoring can rattle windows, so I sleep with ear plugs and that helps. I have an alarm clock that beeps progessively louder, so I know one of us will eventually hear it.
I've tried various ear plugs... They all failed me...
I'm used to sleeping in my own room all by myself... And hence, a little snoring can make me stay awake a couple of hours more than i want to... and for the same reason, i can never get sleep while on the plane...
Actually, there were occasions when i woke up in the middle of the night... And didn't hear any snoring... I would then watch him for a couple of minutes just to make sure he is still alive... lol
Originally Posted by
gglave
However, what's crucial for ear plugs to be effective is correct insertion. For example, when I'm on a flight I see a lot of people just "cramming" the foam plugs in their ears. That's next to useless - You might as well not bother. You need to roll them between your thumb and forefingers for 10-15 seconds into a long skinny compressed cylinder, then reach over your head, pull on the ear to straighten the ear canal, then slide them deep down into the ear canal as far as you can and wait about sixty seconds for the plugs to 'expand'. Makes a HUGE difference.
That is what i do... But it might not be a long term solution... As I'm worried that I might be pushing ear waxes deeper into the ear canals...
Thanks for the websites...