Message from @AnEvalach
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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
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
@Red Korvo yeah walk against traffic on a highway
you will lose hearing
just more slowly
Either the machinery is loud enough to trip the compression, and you’re just hearing a compressed noise of the machinery and not be able to hear speaking
So the "sound amplification" isn't something you want to turn on all day
cool, on my way.
Hell, you don't want it on at all
which is why dudes either double up or shoot canned
Or the machinery doesn’t trip the compression, and you get amplified machinery noise piped through your headset all day
In either case, you don’t get to hear dudes speaking
So you're going to reach up and turn it on when you have to talk to someone, and at that point you might as well take off the muffs and put it back on when you're done
How does he not understand
If you’ve ever been on a helicopter, you’d know what I’m talking about