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Okay I got the new V2 version of the 馃帶 3M Worktunes Connect (construction worker headphones with Bluethooth audio) Me and @rameerez are religious believers that passive noise cancelling is superior to active noise cancelling Passive noise cancelling are construction worker headphones, the ones from 3M that you wear when you're drilling through concrete Active noise cancelling are the headphones you know from Bose, Sony, Apple etc. Active noise cancelling relies on listening to your surroundings, then very very very rapidly producing the same sound but in inverse, but there's a predictive element to it, which means the sound that remains the same all the time (like airplane engine noise) is very easy to remove, but random sounds like voices, people moving around, etc. are close to impossible to predict for your headphone Which results in the funny thing many of us experienced in a plane: with noise cancelling headphones you hear MORE people talking than less, because it cuts the engine sound, but not talking Another issue I have is I want to be able to use noise cancelling headphones without any music or sound, my expectation is they should be able to kill most sound and give me silence in a loud place, but they don't. Airpods Pro don't, Airpods Pro Max don't, Sony WH don't, Bose don't. They simply can't due to physics But passive noise cancelling like 3M headphones don't need to predict anything, they just have a thick seal to cut sounds with their superior material, and they've protected construction workers for 75+ years The problem was always these didn't have sound though, but recently 3M started producing ones first with FM radio (lol) and now Bluetooth called 3M WorkTunes The previous WorkTunes V1 were good but it was micro-USB and I wasn't able to charge it properly I think because I'd use a micro-USB male to USB-C female plug and anyway it either didn't work or its battery just sucked Also the sound wasn't great, it was good enough for podcasts, but too tinny for listening music for a long time This new version absolutely you can listen music, I'd say 80% there in sound quality if you compare it to Airpods Pro 3 They have USB-C and a 40-hour (!) battery life, which is again because they're not doing complex active noise cancelling They work so well that I was sitting in a loud cafe and someone came up to me after my iPhone alarm was ringing and I couldn't hear it They're also much cheaper than Sony/Apple/Bose, they're just $69!
馃帶 A few months ago my friend @rameerez brought those massive 3M construction headphones my dad would use while sawing things etc. but for working on his laptop while his gf would do calls. I wondered about the same thing. Because I've been consistently UNIMPRESSED by the noise cancelling on even the best NC headphones. My favorite ones are Sony WH's series, they're apparently one of the strongest noise cancelling in dB but to me I still hear everything, especially if I don't play any music on them. Same with Apple's Airpods, the noise cancellation is nice but it's still not dead silent. Construction headphones of course don't have electronic noise cancelling, their noise cancelling is old-fashioned, it's passive, and it works! It should work because millions of construction workers use them every day all over the world to not blast their ears out from loudness. So they should work for us right? I ordered the 3M construction headphones too and used them for a bit but then I missed listening podcasts and music. So I discovered 3M makes these with Bluetooth called: 3M WorkTunes Connect (not affiliated, not paid, just like the product) Now, big thing, when ordering them I knew the sound wouldn't be great. The predecessor of these were 3M headphones with an FM radio! So I was expecting FM quality audio. When I got them I was surprised, I'm NOT going to say the audio is great, but it's not bad either. It's by far good enough for listening podcasts, and pretty okay for listening music. It does sound a bit tinny. Again not GREAT, but it's better than I expected. And good enough for me when I'm working and want to focus. They're also way more comfortable than I expected. The regular 3M construction headphones feel quite tight around you ears, while these feels comfy. More comfy to me than the too loose Sony WH's. They're also cheap, about $95, so about 4x cheaper than Sony WH's. One thing that I checked is the dB reduction vs the electronic NC headphones, they seem to offer similar dB reductions, but in my experience that's just false, maybe cause the construction headphones are tighter but I literally hear nothing wearing them even when I'm not playing sound! The noise cancelling to me is easily 1.5x to 2x better than electronic NC headphones. It's so strong I can hear my blood flowing. Obviously they look quite rugged, but I feel that fits kinda with the time. Which guys wants to wear those girly Sony or Apple NC headphones when you can wear these manly 3M construction headphones? 馃榾
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@levelsio @rameerez You鈥檙e almost there! Now follow musicians instead of construction workers. 馃 @Logitech owns @ultimateears, they make in ear monitors that people like @taylorswift13 use when the perform. Wired and Bluetooth, super comfortable you can wear all day: https://pro.ultimateears.com/
@photomatt @rameerez @Logitech @ultimateears @taylorswift13 Oh awesome I will try!