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