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The Best Noise Cancellation Headphones Under $200

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Our guide on headphones with noise canceling under 200 dollars

For those on a decent budget of $200 or less, there are some very solid noise-cancellation headphones available to us in the market today. In fact, this is usually the budget range we recommend people seeing ANC headphones save up for — it gives us a great balance of affordability and noise cancellation technology that is actually legit and works! There will be a few more factors for you to decide (or may have already decided) before grabbing your pair, such as what actual headphones type you need, certain features that are important to you, and some looks at specifications. Let’s get into the details.

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The Top 10 Best Noise Isolating Earbuds

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Here are some picks for earbuds with great noise isolation

Earbuds come with many different features, highlights, specs and overall types of “technology”, and for today, we wanted to focus on a specific type of feature many love — noise isolation. But what does it actually mean? Quite literally, isolating noise (away from our ears as well as others, that is) is important for many reasons and uses — whether you’re at the library and need some privacy from those listening to what you’re hearing, or the opposite such as in public bus to ensure pesky ambient noise in the outside world doesn’t affect your grooves, there are viable solutions out there that can get the job done. Today we chose our 10 favorite earbuds with solid noise isolation worth looking at and made sure we had different budgets and other types of features in mind to give you some options.

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How to Set Up a Car Audio Sound System

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Here's our guide on setting up your own car audio sound system

Back in the old days, setting up a car sound system was simply a matter of buying a pre-made speaker box and an amplifier. Plug in your speaker wires then hook up the power to the amplifier and off you’d go. Today, it’s not too much different, but the amount of power that an amplifier can generate and the speakers can handle can literally shake the windows out of your car. Where to begin? There are a myriad of possibilities and configurations to choose from. You can pretty much get whatever you want depending on your budget, but we recommend you figure out what it is you really want first.

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The Best Reverb Effects Guitar Pedals

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We gathered our favorite picks as the best reverb pedals for guitars

As guitar pedal junkies, finding a few of our favorite picks as the best reverb effects pedal was not a problem whatsoever. We all know that infamous effect, and although we like to speak for ourselves, many guitarists can’t live without it. There are definitely possibilities in grabbing multi-effects pedals since reverb is typically a staple-point in any pedalboard rig, but what about those who want a simple, affordable solution that’s dedicated to only the most commonly used effect in the music world today? Cue the dedicated reverb pedal, and today we have quite a few we’d like to recommend you.

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The Best Wireless In-Ear Monitor Systems

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We found a few of our favorite already put-together in-ear monitors with wireless systems

A wireless in-ear monitor system is going to pave the way for a top-notch performance by many musicians in the world today. Not using a monitor system can technically get you by, but to be on the next level to ensure your music is optimal for your audience will one-hundred percent need at least some type of monitor system. As seen in our in-ear monitors guide, we’ve received a lot of feedback on the usefulness of that article, so today we wanted to fine-tune our search even further to simply wireless solutions for those needing in-ears. Let’s first get into some other details before we check out our favorite systems.

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