I live in an old house (about 1926). Lots of footage of wood floors and not a lot of insulation. So I have the top two floors and I have a housemate who has the flat below.
He complains about the noise my cats make or my TV or my computer. Because I've lived under inconsiderate people in my life, I didn't want to be one. So I've gone to great lengths to keep the peace. Bought carpets, keep the TV down, don't assemble the 5.1 sound system, keep the cats out of the living room during the night (they love to play at night), stuff like that.
So I bought a set of Sennheiser HDR 120 headphones the other day. They're wireles headphones with a really good reputation. They arrived from Amazon two days ago and I charged them up for the requisite 24 hrs.
I'm wearing them as I write. The AV receiver is muted, but I've got really good quality stereo sound coming from the headphones. They work well throughout the house, and the sound is as good as I've ever gotten from my 5.1 system.
I heartily recommend them for the times when you want to crank up your games or TV and you have people you don't want to offend.
Posted by artandscience at January 11, 2007 07:02 PM