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by Game_Ender 3043 days ago
Those headphones only block constant background noise, not conversations. In order to do that you have to put your hearing at risk with enough actual noise to overwhelm the rest.
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I have tried some decent quality ones. They don't block out conversations completely, but it does sound a lot quieter. They are definitely an improvement over not wearing them.
I tried this, and my problem was that I would end up with "listening fatigue" or whatever you want to call it after 6 hours of listening every day.
I think he meant "conversations" as in someone walking up and interrupting you to have a conversation
Yep.. my Bose QC35's are amazing!