For almost 40 years I have enjoyed my "garden compound" in the old horse paddock behind the barn. Surrounded by huge trees, a spot of sun and birds for company...until....someone bought the 8 acres of cut off forest behind my woods and while he lives without power, he manages to play his music so loudly I can hear it 1/4 mile away. Regretting that I never acquired an ear for LOUD, (I'm a soft Bass Jazz gal, still, at 81 years old) I bought these sound killers. They are a bit tight, but they do zero out his hard rock, metal crap. I do miss my bird sounds, and my other neighbors think I'm going deaf, but at least I have my "calm" back.
Suffer the old ladies in the gardens in Maine