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I like to travel. I’m not sure if it’s the fantasy of escapism or the thrill of a jet hurling down the runway at speeds approaching 280 km/h. For me the journey is sometimes as much fun as the destination. It’s definitely not the food on board a plane or standing in line waiting to go through customs in a foreign land, but the notion of the journey itself. Recently while reading an article on a popular travel site, I happened upon a message about noise-cancelling headphones. And that got me thinking. How many times have I missed some dialogue during the in-flight movie? How many times have I asked my traveling companion to repeat a word or sentence? Do noise-cancelling headphones really work? The headphones in discussion were a rather pricey $350 model that everyone raved about, but you can find a quality pair that do the job for a fraction of the cost - I went with a pair of Aiwa’s.
During my last cross-country flight, I unfolded the headphones, popped in one AA battery and put them on. There’s an easy-to-find on/off switch built in on the right earphone, which I turned on. Wow, what a difference! It was actually quiet. Or to be more correct, it was quieter. The headphones sample environmental sound using a built-in microphone, and then generate an equal-but-opposite sound wave to cancel noise. There’s not complete cancellation, but up to 70% of all background noise is eliminated. In reality, I enjoyed hearing a movie and listening to music for the first time on an airplane. I’m sure there are tons of other uses for these headphones, but I’ll be taking these gems on every flight I take in the future. I highly recommend these headphones especially if you are planning an overseas flight in the future.
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