Just went down the aliexpress rabbit hole again. Theres really everythinf for some of really niche things that i wouldnt ever buy, but some things really do look appealing. I wonder what do you guys use daily thats worth lets say under $20

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    it doesn’t block any external sound, so don’t use in noisy environments

    It’s actually because I work in a high noise environment that I got into bone-conduction headphones. They still work when you’re wearing earplugs.

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      1 year ago

      Nvr thought of that but wouldnt good earbuds with active noise canceling be better for you?

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        No, it wouldn’t. When I say I work in a high noise environment I mean that I’m surrounded by enough machine noise that I wear ear plugs to protect my hearing. Active noise cancellation isn’t a substitute for actual PPE. It’d be cool if it worked that way, but sadly not.

        Bone conduction works great with earplugs though. The only minor downside is that earplugs make the bass frequencies stronger, so I need to open up the EQ settings and tweak things a bit if I’m listening to music, but that’s not really a big deal. I’m usually listing to podcasts or audio books at work anyway.

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        I don’t think that they would be able to cancel the noise of an industrial environment and it would end up being a case of blasting sound into your ears to try and cover up the noise.

        These with ear protection saves your ears a lot more.

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        ANC plays the inverse of the soundwaves. So a loud noise isn’t made safe, it is just made inaudible and just as loud and harmful.

        They are not safety products, only sound deadening earplugs or muffs do that.