| Think all noise cancelling headphones are | | | | which will diminish the potential of your |
| alike? Do you think there's basically just | | | | entertainment. |
| one use for head phones? Incorrect! There are | | | | |
| many, many uses for head phones and - more | | | | 4. Use when you want to play video or |
| specifically - for noise canceling | | | | computer games and you want to truly become a |
| headphones. Once you start using and wearing | | | | part of the experience. A quality set of |
| them, you'll find you won't want to leave | | | | noise cancelling headphones will do just |
| home without them. Especially the small and | | | | that. Many sporting events become better when |
| compact earphone style. | | | | the sound is made to be an integral part of |
| | | | the game. This occurs when you forget that |
| There are basically two different types to | | | | you're in a busy college dorm or a loud |
| choose from...active and passive. | | | | apartment building and you actually feel that |
| | | | you are in the race car or the dungeon or the |
| Active uses electronic circuitry to sense the | | | | football game (or wherever else your game |
| incoming sounds to lower the amount you hear. | | | | happens to take place. |
| These are the type that are over the ears. | | | | |
| One of their not so goods is they require | | | | 5. They are also great if you are a |
| batteries to operate. Passive uses no | | | | passenger in a car on a long trip and have |
| electricity or batteries and are the type | | | | trouble sleeping in the car. The head phones |
| that go in the ear canals to block outside | | | | will cancel out the road noise, the rustling |
| sounds....earphones, and to a lesser degree | | | | of the map, the sound of the car radio, etc. |
| the type that come with the Ipod...earbuds. | | | | and you'll be able to sleep peacefully. |
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| 1. Use these while you're traveling. Listen | | | | 6. Use when your child is learning to play an |
| to music at a low volume and the circuitry in | | | | instrument. If they are learning an acoustic |
| the headphone will remove any background | | | | instrument, like guitar, bass, or keyboards, |
| sound. That way, if you need to have some | | | | you can give them these headphones so they |
| quiet or to get a good sleep, this is the | | | | don't hear other noises (and so no one else |
| ideal way to do it. They are ideal for the | | | | can hear them!). You'll have a happy son or |
| business traveler who wants a little quiet on | | | | daughter with a good musical ear and you'll |
| a loud airplane (piercing voice?) or wants to | | | | also have peace and quiet in your house! |
| get a fantastic night sleep in a hotel (why | | | | |
| do they always seem to put YOU beside the | | | | 7. So, check out the main manufactuers: |
| party room?). | | | | Shure, Etymotic Research, Ultimate Ears, |
| | | | Sennheiser, Bose and others. Remember, to |
| 2. Use when you have to listen to training | | | | make a great gift for everyone and |
| and seminars at work when you want the world | | | | particularly to make a great gift for the |
| to yourself, or the ringing phones or the | | | | person who has everything, these are ideal. |
| sound of the fax machine. | | | | For that hard to buy for person on your list |
| | | | this year, give them a pair of noise |
| 3. Use when you want to hear music or watch | | | | cancelling headphones. And if they listen to |
| movies and you don't want to subject others | | | | music you don't like, you can consider it a |
| to your entertainment while at the same time | | | | gift to yourself, too! |
| you don't want to have to hear other sounds, | | | | |