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.
[T&Cs]
mark
Monday, September 14, 2009 at 2:49 PMThe constant voice in my head that tells me to quit my job and dump my girlfriend and move to spain. I will I will I just need to save up enough for some good headphones first.
Matt
Monday, September 14, 2009 at 3:06 PMher complaining.
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Beau
Monday, September 14, 2009 at 3:11 PMTo block out the little high pitched schoolgirls that catch my bus every morning going to work, increasing my daily morale by at least 110%!
Ross
Monday, September 14, 2009 at 3:12 PMcan these help with that voice that keeps telling me to burn things?
Matt Krumins
Monday, September 14, 2009 at 3:12 PMI would use them to cancel out my concience when out drinking on a weeknight before a big day of work the next day :)
ASIB
Monday, September 14, 2009 at 3:17 PMI’d block out the cries of a thousand end users bleeting for more tech support
Alex
Monday, September 14, 2009 at 3:20 PMTo once and for all silence my conscience, which is telling me to get back to work already…
D. Hall
Monday, September 14, 2009 at 3:21 PMI’d like to block out the noise of the people in the $350/night resort room next to me, using their spa as an impromptu porn set.
DCR
Monday, September 14, 2009 at 3:21 PMI’d block out the sound of one hand clapping.
Michael
Monday, September 14, 2009 at 3:23 PMMy wife is due in 6 weeks and we just attended birthing classes. So I’d block the noise of my wife at 10cm dilated.
Nathan Millson
Monday, September 14, 2009 at 3:23 PMI’d block everything out much like Frankie Wilde…
Kevin
Monday, September 14, 2009 at 3:27 PMI would cancel out the Teeny Boopers on the train who listen to their music through their mobile phone speakers.
maskerade
Monday, September 14, 2009 at 3:28 PMA fart. Do I really want to know when it’s coming when it comes?
Luca Tavan
Monday, September 14, 2009 at 3:28 PMI would love to cancel out the noise of people crying at the end of Titanic. That movie sucked.
Ryan
Monday, September 14, 2009 at 3:29 PMThe sound of every politician giving me the “When I am elected speech”
Steve W
Monday, September 14, 2009 at 3:29 PMCheck out a group called “norwegian recycling”, the guy I work next to loves listening to them all the time, one listen and you will understand my problem…
Bjorn
Monday, September 14, 2009 at 3:35 PMMy baby brother, sometimes i just want to kick a field goal with him :)
Ian
Monday, September 14, 2009 at 3:46 PMI’d give them to my son and cancel out the sound of my dog farting, just to enjoy the shocked look his face when he let one rip.
Kenny Ng
Monday, September 14, 2009 at 3:49 PMI would like to cancel out my mum’s voice when she finds out the apple pie is missing.
Forrest
Monday, September 14, 2009 at 3:55 PMI’d cancel out the voices in my head telling me to burn things…
Dr T
Monday, September 14, 2009 at 3:57 PMThe noise of the cooling fan on my computer
Matt Bird
Monday, September 14, 2009 at 3:58 PMi’d like to cancel out the incessant tick of the clock that signals my impending doom at the hands of this time-vampire of a job …. and school kids
Andy N
Monday, September 14, 2009 at 3:58 PMThe noise of my boss nagging, my wife bitching and my dog barking.
brightsky
Monday, September 14, 2009 at 3:59 PMI’d cancel out the sounds of people playing games on their iphones.
Peter Jolly
Monday, September 14, 2009 at 4:00 PMmmm…. cancel out the noise of life and enjoy that wonderful moment when I can sink into the cocoon of warm sound. Admit it, we all do it, we all want it; the perfection of the world of escapism, a place where the spangled glitter monkeys roam free.