I have to admit the Roxanne's are really amazing earphones (although they're not getting much use at the moment, as they're mainly for when I'm travelling).

On sound muffling, when we moved here, it was still a building site as they hadn't yet built the house opposite (not helped by the fact, when they had built it, the house started sliding down the hill and they had to do three days of pile driving to pin it in place!) and I found the Flare Audio superb at blocking out the noise (and comfortable enough to wear when sleeping). I tried noise cancelling headphones and that didn't work, I tried music but that distracted me from my work, so moved to these. It wasn't a completely ideal, but the silence was golden!

I hope you find a solution that works for you smile

Prolific music listener / Hi-Fi addict!