OT: can I cancel noise

[Ext User(fruitbat)]

Is there any active noise control system I can use at home. I would like to
cance the noises made by a factory that is two blocks away but very
distracting.

I know that the basic principle of active noise control is to cancel a
sound wave (noise) by emitting a secondary opposite (out-of-phase) sound
wave. Are there practical devices that can help me avoid moving house?

[Ext User(Rod Speed)]

fruitbat <yesharry@gmx.net.au> wrote:

> Is there any active noise control system I can use at home. I would like to
> cance the noises made by a factory that is two blocks away but very
> distracting.

> I know that the basic principle of active noise control is to cancel a sound
> wave (noise) by emitting a secondary opposite (out-of-phase) sound wave. Are
> there practical devices that can help me avoid moving house?

Nope. About all that's viable is to drown it out with local
noise and decent new windows if its a brick house.

[Ext User(Colin ®)]

"Rod Speed" <rod_speed@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:438lkgF1lrjj5U1@individual.net...
> fruitbat <yesharry@gmx.net.au> wrote:
>
>> Is there any active noise control system I can use at home. I would like
>> to cance the noises made by a factory that is two blocks away but very
>> distracting.
>
>> I know that the basic principle of active noise control is to cancel a
>> sound wave (noise) by emitting a secondary opposite (out-of-phase) sound
>> wave. Are there practical devices that can help me avoid moving house?
>
> Nope. About all that's viable is to drown it out with local
> noise and decent new windows if its a brick house.


Or possibly a white or pink noise generator. That will blanket the ambient
noise but may make the house "sound" odd.

It works real well in open plan offices to stop you hearing other sounds
around you.

[Ext User(Rod Speed)]

Colin ® <tobyjug7@yahoo.com.au> wrote
> Rod Speed <rod_speed@yahoo.com> wrote
>> fruitbat <yesharry@gmx.net.au> wrote

>>> Is there any active noise control system I can use at home. I would like to
>>> cance the noises made by a factory that is two blocks away but very
>>> distracting.

>>> I know that the basic principle of active noise control is to
>>> cancel a sound wave (noise) by emitting a secondary opposite
>>> (out-of-phase) sound wave. Are there practical devices that can
>>> help me avoid moving house?

>> Nope. About all that's viable is to drown it out with local
>> noise and decent new windows if its a brick house.

> Or possibly a white or pink noise generator.

Yeah, thats what I meant, could have said it more carefully.

Or something similar like the sound of waves on a beach etc.

> That will blanket the ambient noise but may make the house "sound" odd.

> It works real well in open plan offices to stop you hearing other sounds
> around you.

Yep.