| "This is just stupid. It ignores type of headphone entirely. " It sounds pretty smart to me. What else is the doctor supposed to do? Until the silly Beats craze took off, one could have made a statement like that and it would have been accurate for >99% of headphones users. Assuming that the user is listening to the pack-in IEMs (or IEMs with a very similar profile) plugged into a phone or iPod would have been a safe assumption. Sure, an office full of tech geeks won't match, but for the general population of headphone wearers? And if your phones are more or less sensitive, comparing against pack-in IEMs into an iPod or phone is probably the best way that consumers have of comparing levels. There probably was such a statement in the original source, but it was probably (rightfully) dropped by the reporters because it would have just confused people "There exists multiple categories of music WITHOUT WORDS!" I find such music is also very distracting. I find good symphonic music much more interesting than boring Pop music. Interesting -> distracting. " the feeling of vulnerability being caused by headphones? It is caused by an open office layout." IMO, the feeling of vulnerability is caused by the combination of headphones and open layout. Normally you can tell people are behind you because you hear them. If you can't hear them, then you get freaked out and feel vulnerable. |
So find some boring (or at least repetetive/uninteresting) instrumental music.