Noise Cancelling Headphones

Sliced Bread

BBC

Health & Fitness

4.6 • 634 Ratings

🗓️ 6 May 2020

⏱️ 21 minutes

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Summary

Whether it?s cutting out the background chatter to hear the radio, or drowning out the snoring coming from the room next door, the promise of noise cancelling headphones is enticing. But do they live up to the marketing hype?

Are they The Best Thing Since Sliced Bread, or BS?

Greg Foot is joined by BBC 6 Music DJ & Host Mary Anne Hobbs, who lends her professional ear to a pair of noise cancelling headphones. While acoustic engineer Professor Trevor Cox unpicks the science fact from the science fiction.

Presenter: Greg Foot Producer: Beth Eastwood

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0:00.0	Before this BBC podcast kicks off, I'd like to tell you about some others you might enjoy.
0:05.1	My name's Will Wilkin and I Commission Music Podcast for the BBC.
0:08.7	It's a really cool job, but every day we get to tell the incredible stories behind songs,
0:13.5	moments and movements, stories of struggle and success, rises and falls, the funny, the ridiculous.
0:19.1	And the BBC's position, at the heart of British music
0:21.7	means we can tell those stories like no one else.
0:24.5	We were, are and always will be right there at the centre of the narrative.
0:28.5	So whether you want an insightful take on music right now
0:31.3	or a nostalgic deep dive into some of the most famous and infamous moments in music,
0:36.1	check out the music podcasts on BBC Sounds.
0:39.9	Welcome to The Best Things Since Slice Bread, a podcast from BBC Radio 4 that uncovers the facts
0:44.8	behind the fads. I'm Greg Foote and I'm on a bunk-busting mission to separate genuine
0:49.3	product claims from advertising hype. Today's investigation turns to a popular piece of tech
0:55.2	that can supposedly help you hear your podcasts better,
0:59.0	possibly even cut out the sound of snoring from next door
1:01.7	or quieten that baby on your next flight.
1:04.4	Noise cancelling headphones.
1:06.3	Are they the best things since sliced bread or simply expensive BS?
1:12.6	Do join the conversation on Twitter.
1:18.1	I'm at Greg Foote and we use hashtag BBC sliced bread. And as always, I've got two guests to help me run these through the evidence mill today. The first is international DJ, music journalist and BBC
1:23.1	Radio 6 music host Mary Ann Hobbs. An absolute pleasure to have you on the show, Mary Ann. Thank you.
1:28.5	Oh, the pleasure's all mine. It's great to be here.
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