So currently I have some decent analog headphones from sennheiser that I use when I spend all day staring at the computer for my email job. Unfortunately I recently moved right near a big ass radio tower and it blasts some talk news show into my apartment so now there is NPR voice muttering in my ear whenever I put my headphones on. This is obviously a ploy by the deep state to instill the understanding that Venezuela must be bombed for world peace. I refuse to go that easily so I need to figure out a solution. Analog is out since I don’t think any amount of RF shielding will work and I don’t want to spend my time chasing down leaks. Who knew those zillion dollar audiophile shielded cable people had real concerns.
I guess the options are either bluetooth or USB/digital headphones? Bluetooth is ehhhhh since I’m on Linux. I would also like “open ear” headphones if possible, since I don’t like to be shut off from the world & general happenings in the apartment. Open ear also lets me hear my own voice so I can speak a lot more naturally during video calls. So something like that, max cost maybe $250 new and ideally something I could get used off ebay for around $100. Also something that does not look dorky as hell so I can reasonably be seen wearing it on work calls. Any recs?
Ferrite beads are the right solution.
Buying a pair of corded headphones with shielding (when you whip out your multi tool and snip the display models cord in half the cross section will have a metal central core with plastic around it then metal in a donut around that) is the next step up. No, you cannot trust a manufacturer to honestly describe shielding, a professional reviewer in a magazine to correctly test this property or a website review to identify it. The ancient technique of opening something up and looking to see if it has some function was lost years ago.
Rf wireless headphones are probably a non-solution because you’re trying to block radio frequencies, not let more of them in!
Digital wireless headphones are an expensive solution that will fix the problem but you’ll feel empty inside.
I did order some ferrite beads, we will see whether they solve the problem!
If you start to get too crazy you can always bend a steel or iron nail around the wire.
Did they work just out of curiosity?
I put like six of them on the cable and they don’t fully stop the muttering but they definitely attenuated it enough to be tolerable! Thank you for the suggestion.