noise cancelling headphones ?

evilhomer · 17th December 2001, 00:38

unfortunately I live with some very loud roomates. Is there anyway, I can get some kind of noise cancellation working? Either a .mp3 of white noise, or something more complicated using my mic to pic up the sound and output that matches to cancel it out. I have tried to search and all I can find is a ton of reading material or expensive systems. any ideas?

cordraconis · 17th December 2001, 11:21

I am also interrested in that. (Becouse I *make* much noise, and I want to give a program like that to my fellow students.

)

But I think it will not work, for this reasons.
1 Stereo sound is difficult to cancel out ==> u need 2 microfones for that, so 2 soundcards. (or special microfone setup).
2 It is *local*, so i.e. you have to sit between your 2 speakers, for noise cancellation. (Which will never work for 100%, only diminished sound.)

Best solution (I think), is to buy a special headphone which does noise *Reduction* by itself.
I think I once saw a headphone like that, from the company Sennheiser.
The size is like a normal walkman-headphone. (Unless you want to buy the "Airplane"-model

)

Drawbacks; (Except maybe the prize ... dunno.) is that you have to walk around with a walkman all day. (No cassettes needed).

Maybe a good thing for studying ???

diji1 · 17th December 2001, 12:46

Hi evilhomer,

heres some plans 4 an active-noise reduction system
for headphones:

-> http://www.headwize.com/projects/noise_prj.htm

i'm looking at it to try and adapt
it to use inside my pc (...no idea if
this will work tho, but i hate pc noise
so ill go to extremes

).

This aint no beginner electronics project tho.

I have it on good authority that this anr system
works very well in a headphone setup tho.

evilhomer · 17th December 2001, 17:08

thanks for your replies. what's the cheapest headphone unit i might be able to get away with?

bigoak · 14th October 2005, 17:32

I have been looking into getting some nice headphones as well. I'm not sure which type is best for me. Each type has pros and cons. Can anyone give me advice on which to get or they have a pair of either?

Something like this from Amazon is a noise cancelling headphone:
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00...72282&v=glance

Or something like these which are noise reduction or isolation (?) headphones:
http://www.quietheadphones.com/

Thanks for any input.

17th December 2001, 00:38	#1 \| Link
evilhomer Registered User Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: College Park, Maryland, US Posts: 146	noise cancellation? unfortunately I live with some very loud roomates. Is there anyway, I can get some kind of noise cancellation working? Either a .mp3 of white noise, or something more complicated using my mic to pic up the sound and output that matches to cancel it out. I have tried to search and all I can find is a ton of reading material or expensive systems. any ideas?

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cordraconis Lurker by lack of time Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Belgium, Zele Posts: 90	suggestion I am also interrested in that. (Becouse I make much noise, and I want to give a program like that to my fellow students. ) But I think it will not work, for this reasons. 1 Stereo sound is difficult to cancel out ==> u need 2 microfones for that, so 2 soundcards. (or special microfone setup). 2 It is local, so i.e. you have to sit between your 2 speakers, for noise cancellation. (Which will never work for 100%, only diminished sound.) Best solution (I think), is to buy a special headphone which does noise Reduction by itself. I think I once saw a headphone like that, from the company Sennheiser. The size is like a normal walkman-headphone. (Unless you want to buy the "Airplane"-model ) Drawbacks; (Except maybe the prize ... dunno.) is that you have to walk around with a walkman all day. (No cassettes needed). Maybe a good thing for studying ??? __________________ "the Word Wide Web is a web like any other: either you get caught in it, or you learn to walk on it like a spider. In the future, I'd like to be somewhere on top of the food chain. " -- Cordraconis

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diji1 LOL-a-matic Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: The largest country in Region 4. Posts: 470	Hi evilhomer, heres some plans 4 an active-noise reduction system for headphones: -> http://www.headwize.com/projects/noise_prj.htm i'm looking at it to try and adapt it to use inside my pc (...no idea if this will work tho, but i hate pc noise so ill go to extremes ). This aint no beginner electronics project tho. I have it on good authority that this anr system works very well in a headphone setup tho. __________________ "The very rich are different from you and me" - F. Scott Fitzgerald "Yeah, they have more money" - Ernest Hemingway "What are you doing this weekend, Ania" - me ( damn she's beautiful ... ). "It is dangerous to be right in matters on which the established authorities are wrong." - Voltaire "movmasty is and was always right!"

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evilhomer Registered User Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: College Park, Maryland, US Posts: 146	interesting thanks for your replies. what's the cheapest headphone unit i might be able to get away with?

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bigoak Registered User Join Date: Oct 2005 Posts: 1	Noise cancelling or noise reduction headphones? I have been looking into getting some nice headphones as well. I'm not sure which type is best for me. Each type has pros and cons. Can anyone give me advice on which to get or they have a pair of either? Something like this from Amazon is a noise cancelling headphone: http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00...72282&v=glance Or something like these which are noise reduction or isolation (?) headphones: http://www.quietheadphones.com/ Thanks for any input.

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