Scornergy
New Head-Fier
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My work requires intense concentration, and I need to essentially remove the world for both sanity and distraction reasons. I usually use monotone speeches, classical, edm, or trance like music to drown out the outside world, however recently my work environment has gotten extremely noisy from monitoring stations, background noise from equipment, and worst of all people's loud conversations. I don't want to damage my ears raising the volume, but I don't want to cause harm either. the noise isn't rated high enough to be considered dangerous in its own right, but its all incredibly distracting. I'm now using disposable industrial rated earplugs, but I'm looking for something more permanent. Something comfortable for 10 hour shifts. I'm an old Grado open headphone user, but that isn't going to work. I need something comfortable, long use, durable, and non-fatiguing, and as sound deadening as physically possible without removing my eardrums.
I remember the old Etymotic IEM's from my audiophile days, and I was wondering what people might recommend. I have thought of two ideas but i'm open to further options.
Bose QuietComfort® 20 Acoustic Noise Cancelling® headphones.
Etymotic Research ER•4PT earphones or the MC5 Noise Isolating In-Ear Earphones.
Thoughts?
I remember the old Etymotic IEM's from my audiophile days, and I was wondering what people might recommend. I have thought of two ideas but i'm open to further options.
Bose QuietComfort® 20 Acoustic Noise Cancelling® headphones.
Etymotic Research ER•4PT earphones or the MC5 Noise Isolating In-Ear Earphones.
Thoughts?