| There seems to be an attitude of demanding personal | | | | canceling technology comes in two flavors, active and |
| rights without the corresponding responsibilities. There is | | | | passive. A passive system uses insulation materials to |
| no better example of this than in listening to music in a | | | | keep out unwanted noise while active technology uses |
| car. Many people throughout the years have played | | | | electronics to eliminate sound. |
| music at high volume levels. From the big muscle cars | | | | Active noise canceling adds sound to surrounding noise |
| in the 60's to the high speed, tricked out compacts of | | | | which cancels out the noise. We all know that sound |
| today, there has always been a group that believed | | | | comes in waves at certain frequencies. hence, the |
| that good sound was loud sound. The good news was | | | | name sound WAVES! Active technology "listens" to |
| that simply rolling up the windows in your car quieted | | | | the sound coming into the headphones then creates |
| the sound to almost a whisper. | | | | an exact opposite wave out with the result being |
| Today, we have personal music devices that include | | | | ....SILENCE! |
| such things as the ubiquitous "boom box" to the very | | | | Put on a set of noise canceling headphones and the |
| small IPOD. The IPOD has done much to quiet the | | | | result is simply stunning. That is, stunningly silent! You |
| noise level of society in that it's kept those who would | | | | really need to try a set of noise canceling headphones |
| crank up their music for everyones enjoyment to be | | | | out to believe it. So if you just want the "sounds of |
| more discrete. The listener has the benefit of the | | | | silence" these headphones are for you, but what about |
| music as loud as he or she desires without disturbing | | | | music and sounds you would want to hear? The |
| anyone around them through the use of headphones. | | | | answer is that the noise canceling properties of the |
| These are the little ear buds to professional grade | | | | headphones are for ambient or surrounding noise. It's |
| headphones used in recording studios that filter outside | | | | the outside noise from cars, or the drone of an aircraft |
| noise and allow for a much cleaner sound environment. | | | | engine that is canceled. The headphones also feature |
| This is due to limiting outside noise thereby allowing the | | | | a jack for listening to music or other entertainment. |
| listener to focus on what they actually want to hear. | | | | This sound is sent directly to your ears for clear |
| The absolute best type of headphones for these | | | | enjoyment without the distraction of the outside or |
| types of uses are noise canceling headphones. Noise | | | | environmental noise around you. |