Rattles. Coughs. Sneezes. Other people’s music. PA announcements. Idle conversation. Shouting. The sound of a train speeding along the tracks. Aircraft noise. Your wife. Your girlfriend. The telephone. These are all sounds you avoid having to listen to with a pair of noise-cancelling headphones. And Panasonic is giving Giz readers the chance to win one of ten pairs of the HC55 noise cancellers this week.
The HC55s will cancel out 88% of ambient noise which is enough to let you block out most of the annoying sounds that fill our days. They come with three different earpiece sizes, and the stainless steel design will match pretty much anything.
To win a pair worth $149, all you have to do is tell us in 25 words or less in the comments below, “What noise would you most want to cancel out?” Entries close Friday at 5pm.
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Michael Brine
September 14, 2009 at 1:52 PM
I would cancel out the noise of my house mate so I could watch Futurama in peace.
Report Permalinkstinger
September 14, 2009 at 1:58 PM
The countless and constant noise from vehicle tyres on all roads, especially the freeways, around the world!
Report Permalinkmarztar
September 14, 2009 at 1:58 PM
Man those things look BadASS!! I would need to cancel out the repetitive keyboard clicks of me sending emails telling everyone how good they are!
Report PermalinkSamitha Padukkage
September 14, 2009 at 1:58 PM
I’d use these headphones to cancel out the noise of people that can find absolutely anything to scream about. :)
Report PermalinkLee H
September 14, 2009 at 2:04 PM
I would cancel the noise I make when I chew.
Report Permalinkchops
September 14, 2009 at 2:09 PM
the sound of other people incessantly gloating about how they constantly win fabulous prizes in competitions
Report PermalinkHowie
September 14, 2009 at 2:11 PM
I’d cancel out those damn trees falling in the forest!
Report PermalinkL33t!
September 14, 2009 at 2:18 PM
I want to cancel out the voice that I just spent $180 on a pair of shure headphones…they are just headphones!
Report PermalinkMLai
September 14, 2009 at 2:19 PM
The sound of my stress ball bouncing on the wall. That’d make life less stressful for me / more stressful for others around me…
Report PermalinkPhil
September 14, 2009 at 2:21 PM
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Report PermalinkDeviant Bone
September 14, 2009 at 2:23 PM
The sound of my computer fans, oh how I wish I had quite computer fans ._.
Report PermalinkBee
September 14, 2009 at 2:24 PM
I’d cancel out the sound of one hand clapping, trees falling in the forest, that sort of thing…
Report PermalinkClayton Wood
September 14, 2009 at 2:24 PM
these voices that I hear all the time,(even when nobody is around…) or are they just in my head?
Report PermalinkNathan
September 14, 2009 at 2:25 PM
The noise of my whining differential until I can afford to fix it. My stereo has to be obnoxiously loud to drown it out.
Report PermalinkBigjobs
September 14, 2009 at 2:26 PM
I could block out the world 88% of the entire world.
Report PermalinkAshleigh Ives
September 14, 2009 at 2:27 PM
I would love to block out my Father asking for computer help. “How do you turn it off again?”
Report PermalinkCountmatty
September 14, 2009 at 2:31 PM
I live on train tracks. So the 6.20am Frankston. Stopping all stations to Frankston.
Report PermalinkTom
September 14, 2009 at 2:32 PM
I would cancel 88% of the sound of my twin daughters excercising their lungs at 3am and hope I could sleep through the remaining 12%!
Report PermalinkKalem
September 14, 2009 at 2:36 PM
The sound of smugness, when I pull my laptop out at a wifi spot, whilst being surrounded by macbooks users…
Report PermalinkDavidH
September 14, 2009 at 2:37 PM
I’d like to block out all the whinging of those that wish they had a pair of superior Panasonic whinge-cancelling headphones like these.
Report PermalinkAsh
September 14, 2009 at 2:39 PM
I Work in IT, so would have to be any questions that relate to “I haven’t checked the menu option”…
Report PermalinkWill Turner
September 14, 2009 at 2:43 PM
I would cancel out the noise of annoying lecturers, always ruining a good movie :P
Report PermalinkBen Dy
September 14, 2009 at 2:45 PM
If these block out 85% of my boss, and the crap he spouts, does that mean I only have to do 15% of the work?
Report Permalinknobody
September 14, 2009 at 2:45 PM
The sound of my own voice as I’m listening to music and singing aloud.
Report PermalinkPaul Irwin
September 14, 2009 at 2:47 PM
To block out the sound of my roommates TV at night, which unfortunately for me is less noisy than the sound of them having sex!
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