Re: Ear protection

[Brian Christopher Raaen <mailing-lists () brianraaen com>]

I normally have a set of Sennheiser HD-380's or HD-280's with my laptop.
They have pretty good isolation and seem to make a pretty good difference,
also I can either hear my phone or play music with them.  When I mow the
yard I use a pair of Koss headphones that isolate almost as good as a set
of shooting muffs that I have.

On Wed, Sep 23, 2015 at 7:18 PM, Don Nightingale <donnightin () gmail com>
wrote:

> Seconded.  I wear my Shure 425s with foam plugs most of my waking hours,
> they are excellent at blocking outside noise and sound pretty good to boot.
>
>
> On 9/23/2015 11:02 AM, Eric Rogers wrote:
>
> > I use earphones for the phone and alerts function, and because they are
> > noise cancelling, they lower the db of noise.  I use Shure SE215.
> >
> > Eric Rogers
> > PDS Connect
> > www.pdsconnect.me
> > (317) 831-3000 x200
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: NANOG [mailto:nanog-bounces () nanog org] On Behalf Of Bryan Holloway
> > Sent: Wednesday, September 23, 2015 9:48 AM
> > To: Joe Greco; jim deleskie
> > Cc: Alex Rubenstein; NANOG
> > Subject: Re: Ear protection
> >
> >
> > On 9/23/15, 7:53 AM, "NANOG on behalf of Joe Greco"
> > <nanog-bounces () nanog org on behalf of jgreco () ns sol net> wrote:
> >
> > Maybe I've always listened to my music to loud and spend the bulk of
> > > > time  via ssh, but I've never felt a need for hearing protection in a
> > > > DC, is this  generally an issue for people?
> > > Depends on how long and how noisy.
> > >
> > > As I've gotten older, I find loud noise in general is less tolerable,
> > > so I've taken to always keeping a pair of earplugs with me.  It makes
> > > being around loud music, etc., much more enjoyable.
> > >
> > > Long term exposure to noise is widely considered to be a hazard, but
> > > walking into an average data center for an hour once a month is
> > > probably not that risky.
> > >
> > > ... JG
> > >
> > > Depends on the type of "noise" too.
> >
> > Datacenters generate (more or less) white noise, which is particularly
> > harmful long-term to the cilia in your ears because it excites all of
> > them all of the time. A loud datacenter is much worse than a loud rock
> > band, IMO.
> >
> > I personally use Bose noise-canceling headphones.


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Brian Christopher Raaen
Network Architect
Zcorum