fuck it

mask off

And electronic earpro doesn't "let quiet sounds in", it's literally playing those sounds back to you

True

you could buy comtacs and just walk around with them turned off

It's got a mic on the outside and speaker on the inside basically

Even then they still won’t be excellent

Because tactical headsets are thin

And thin means less insulation

yeah

which is why you double up

Which is why industrial muffs are fucking massive

if you aren't brain damaged

Fer fitting under achs

I thought comtacs would handle moderately loud, constant stuff too. I've literally seen no source that says it's not suitable for that, and all the reviews said they allow conversations while gun fire is going off so I figured it would work for this too. I know they play the sound back, but I thought they only played back quite sounds to counteract the insulation.

If I'm wrong about that, and comtacs + foamies would still fuck my ears, then ok.

What gunshots have you been around that produce a constant droning noise

Rather than staccato peaks

I just thought that if they could handle guns, they could handle machines. What's so different about those two that makes designing ear pro so hard?

They don’t only play back quiet sounds

Since you're not taking reasonable advice, buy one these and double up :^)

https://www.bose.com/en_us/products/headphones/aviation_headsets/a20-aviation-headset.html

They play all sound back

Yeah but they cut out loud sounds right? otherwise, what's the point?

I'll tell you this right now since you don't get it

no

The difference is, when the sound reaches a certain decibel limit, they compress the audio

they don't cut sound out

But they can’t differentiate between a quiet sound and a loud sound

So all the audio is compressed

I've worn howard leights in a datacenter with similar noise levels, they're extremely uncomfortable with electronic amplification

Now you’ve got one of two issues for your situation

@Red Korvo suicide is your best option

Right, audio compression. They flatten out anything above the threshold right?

How can you be this retarded

Noises like large fan blades become retard loud on the higher settings

tbh PSA to not wear headphones at your desk for extended periods of time

Korvo let me explain

Neat @Cataclysmo, got any suggestions for what method to use?

tactical headsets do not offer very good protection

like 18 db

braked ARs hit north of 165