White noise machine to put near apartment door to help neutralize outside sound?

I remember my old psychiatrist had something like this and it worked great in an even more pin-droppy ambient environment.

Recommendations A-dwellers?

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recursive_recursion@piefed.ca · 12 pts · 9d (1 reply)

I'd personally recommend an air purifier as it'll also clean the air that comes in as you enter.

Saying this as a person from BC with its yearly fires :(

LordCrom@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 9d

This is the correct answer. If you are going to run an appliance 12 + hours a day.....have it clean the air while making a nice low static noise.

BingBong@sh.itjust.works · 5 pts · 9d (2 replies)

Just go to your local store with a baby section. Get a fan based white noise machine, not a digital one. This way the noise is truly random and your brain won't be bothered by sound loops.

DarrinBrunner@lemmy.world · 8 pts · 9d (1 reply)

fan based white noise machine

Silly me, I've just been using an actual fan all these years.

BingBong@sh.itjust.works · 3 pts · 9d

The dedicates baby ones are frequently adjustable and do a better job blocking sound at a doorway in my experience.