¿Cansado del Ruido en los Restaurantes? Prueba Estos Innovadores Tapones para los Oídos. - The New York Times

Muchos usuarios pasan por alto la configuración de los AirPods que puede ayudar a centrar las conversaciones. Crédito... Ilustración fotográfica de Marissa Alper para The New York Times.

Booking a table for two at Tao Downtown, I hesitated when I got to the box asking whether I had a special request. I did, but I wasn’t sure how it would go down. Would I be the first customer in history to ask for a noisy table?

This is not a normal ask, but I had my reasons. Recently I’d been trying to find out whether the way to hear and be heard in a dining room filled with booming speakers and screaming diners might be as simple as wearing a pair of earbuds. To put it to the test, I needed something I usually try to avoid: a hellishly loud restaurant.