What are Sound Isolating Earphones?
Sound isolating earphones are a special type of earphone developed originally for musicians trying to monitor their performance in loud onstage environments. They work by using soft foam or flex sleeves to seal out background noise, allowing small, high-performance micro-speakers to deliver incredibly precise sound directly to the ear. Shure now makes these professional-quality earphones available for personal use with portable audio or video devices such as CD, MP3 and DVD players.
Sound isolating earphones are headphones which are designed to prevent unwanted sounds from entering the ear, allowing people to focus on what they are listening to without external distractions. These headphones use purely mechanical means to accomplish this, with specialized padding to insulate the ear, and a snug fit which is supposed to prevent sound from leaking through the headphones. Noise-canceling headphones, by contrast, use electronic means to filter out unwanted noise. Many sound isolating earphones are ear buds, with designs which fit snugly into the ear canal. The earbud may also be capped with a layer of foam or other material which further insulates the ear from unwanted noises. This design has two distinct advantages. The first is that the earbud design itself greatly reduces the amount of ambient noise. The second is that the earbud can be listened to at a very low volume, reducing the risk of causing hearing damage by turning the volume up too high. Some people feel
Sound isolating earphones were originally developed as Personal Monitor Systems to allow musicians to hear their own performances in loud onstage environments. Sound isolating earphones work by using soft, pliable sleeves to block background noise, allowing small, high-performance drivers to deliver incredibly precise sound directly to the ear. These professional-quality earphones are now available for use with all of your portable digital devices. Is isolation different from noise cancellation? The seal created by a sound isolating earphone physically blocks most frequencies of background noise. Active noise cancellation “headphones” are generally larger, heavier and battery-driven. The active cancellation process negates selected frequencies through a complex process that can even introduce unwanted artifacts into the resulting audio. The natural sound isolation properties of a properly fitted in ear earphone exceeds the performance of even the most expensive active noise cancellatio
Sound isolating earphones were originally developed to allow musicians to hear their own performance in loud onstage environments. Sound isolating earphones work by using soft, pliable sleeves to seal out background noise, allowing small, high-performance speakers to deliver incredibly precise sound directly to the ear. Shure now makes these professional-quality earphones available for use with portable audio or video devices such as CD, MP3 and DVD players. How are Shure’s sound isolating earphones different from other headphones? The primary difference is their listening position where they are worn in relation to your ear. Headphones generally enclose your ear or rest on top of it. Regular earphones (like the earbuds often packaged with CD players) sit on the outside of the ear. Sound isolating earphones are different. They are designed to fit inside your ear canal, where they create the isolated listening area responsible for their unique acoustic properties. How do in ear sound is
Sound isolating earphones were originally developed as Personal Monitor Systems to allow musicians to hear their own performances in loud onstage environments. Sound isolating earphones work by using soft, pliable sleeves to block background noise, allowing small, high-performance drivers to deliver incredibly precise sound directly to the ear. These professional-quality earphones are now available for use with all of your portable digital devices. Is isolation different from noise cancellation? The seal created by a sound isolating earphone physically blocks most frequencies of background noise. Active noise cancellation headphones are generally larger, heavier and battery-driven. The active cancellation process negates selected frequencies through a complex process that can even introduce unwanted artifacts into the resulting audio. The natural sound isolation properties of a properly fitted in ear earphone exceeds the performance of even the most expensive active noise cancellation
