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What headphones should I get to stop NPR from being muttered in my brain? (hexbear.net)

submitted 2 weeks ago by towhee@hexbear.net to c/technology@hexbear.net

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So currently I have some decent analog headphones from sennheiser that I use when I spend all day staring at the computer for my email job. Unfortunately I recently moved right near a big ass radio tower and it blasts some talk news show into my apartment so now there is NPR voice muttering in my ear whenever I put my headphones on. This is obviously a ploy by the deep state to instill the understanding that Venezuela must be bombed for world peace. I refuse to go that easily so I need to figure out a solution. Analog is out since I don't think any amount of RF shielding will work and I don't want to spend my time chasing down leaks. Who knew those zillion dollar audiophile shielded cable people had real concerns.

I guess the options are either bluetooth or USB/digital headphones? Bluetooth is ehhhhh since I'm on Linux. I would also like "open ear" headphones if possible, since I don't like to be shut off from the world & general happenings in the apartment. Open ear also lets me hear my own voice so I can speak a lot more naturally during video calls. So something like that, max cost maybe $250 new and ideally something I could get used off ebay for around $100. Also something that does not look dorky as hell so I can reasonably be seen wearing it on work calls. Any recs?

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[–] felsiq@piefed.zip 21 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

I’m sorry you’re dealing with this and I’m even more sorry to laugh at your problem here, but the way you’ve described this is so fucking funny.

One thing I can add is that a lot of usb headphones just have a USB DAC and then are right back to analog along the wire to the headphones (read: antenna). Especially since you’re considering eBay where you may not be able to return them, that will probably be worth thinking about for any wired set.

Wireless “gaming” (ie usb dongle wireless for low latency rather than Bluetooth) is probably what I’d look for in your situation, although finding open ear wireless “gaming” headphones might be a really small niche to be shopping in.

If you want a much more fun but admittedly janky tinfoil hat solution, you could try finding wire mesh netting to wrap around the cable and faraday cage it. Even if the station is FM and you do a perfect job of wrapping it there’s still gonna be signal getting through on the ends of the cable (unwrapped by necessity), but especially if you ground the mesh somehow it might block enough of the signal that you wouldn’t notice the rest.

Either way, good luck with this lol

[–] towhee@hexbear.net 4 points 2 weeks ago

That is good to know about the USB DAC, thanks!