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Help needed choosing a good pair of noise cancelling earphones (lemm.ee)

submitted 6 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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I've found a good number of negative reviews of Bose QC 2 and quite a few good things said about Sony WF-1000XM5 so I'm leaning towards buying them but would love to hear the general recommendation on Lemmy first.

I live in a very noisy environment and need earphones for my sleep, when I work or relax, and for listening to podcasts as well as a bit of music. And since sleep is most important for me, I have in-ear comfort as the top priority.

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 6 months ago (1 children)

I have the QC 2 and they’re fantastic. I can’t imagine them being better.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 6 months ago (2 children)

Can you sleep with them active?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 6 months ago (1 children)

I can’t imagine why not. Though, you probably shouldn’t in order to protect your hearing.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 6 months ago

Ah, I've just realized it's probably generally unadvisable to sleep the whole night with any kind of earbuds in your ears, right...

[–] [email protected] 2 points 6 months ago

I’ve been using AirPods Pro for sleeping and, aside from the low battery tone, they’re amazing for this.

Earbuds don’t cancel noise as well as the over-ear models, but you can keep them in your pocket and use them wherever you are.