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This is what serious sleep is all about. The Marpac Dohm is the original sound conditioner, invented by Marpac in 1962. This simple, effective sound conditioner creates the natural, soothing sound of rushing air to block distracting noises across a range of frequencies for deeper sleep, relaxation, and concentration. The Dohm also helps protect confidentiality in places where sensitive information is shared. This compact, lightweight sound conditioner fits easily on a desk or nightstand, or in a suitcase. The Dohm-DS has two levels of sound, so you can choose the volume and tone of white noise most pleasing to your ears and best suited to your application.
Two-speed operation lets you choose between high or low setting for customization of sound. View larger.
Helps improve concentration and promote quality of sleep by producing soothing white noise. View larger.
Naturally Produces White Noise
The Dohm produces white noise naturally, without digital loops or recordings. Its consistent, unobtrusive sound blocks out everyday noises, like neighbors' music, a partner's snoring, or coworkers' chatter. The white noise produced by the Dohm can also be used as a shield to provide confidentiality for doctor's appointments, phone calls with clients, or to otherwise protect personal privacy.
For those who prefer some noise to no noise at all, the Dohm provides a soft, comfortable background sound where it might otherwise be too quiet.
For Home, Office, or Travel Use
While it is most commonly used in the bedroom to improve quality of sleep, the Dohm is also useful in many other situations. Use it in a home nursery or day care center to help soothe babies to sleep, in a college dorm room to keep students focused on schoolwork, in a busy office with little separation between cubicles, or in any environment where unwanted or intrusive noise is a problem. You can also use this sound conditioner when you are traveling to make your hotel room feel more like home.
Set Speed for Ideal Volume and Tone
This sound conditioner offers two-speed operation, which means you can choose the volume and tone that is best for you. First choose "high" or "low" setting, then fine-tune the sound by twisting the cap and collar.
Durable, Lightweight Construction
For quality, durability, and easy care, the Marpac Dohm-DS is made in the USA of sturdy plastic. This compact, portable sound machine is just 3-1/4 inches high with a base diameter of 5-3/4 inches, giving it a small footprint on your desk or nightstand. At just 1-1/2 pounds, the Dohm is light enough for easy traveling.
Easy Plug-In Operation
The UL-listed Marpac Dohm-DS has an 8-foot power cord and runs on a normal household current.
Warranty Information
The Marpac Dohm-DS is backed by a one-year limited warranty.
What's in the Box
Marpac Dohm-DS sound conditioner, power cord, and user manual.
blocks out the
loud guy in the
apartment upstairs
"saves marriages!" say spouses of snorers
brings relief for tinnitus sufferers
is like a lullaby for babies (and their parents)
creates a sound study zone in dorm rooms
helps travelers feel at home, sweet home
helps shift workers sleep while the world is awake
masks office chatter--keeps conversations confidential
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Customer Reviews
This product is great. It makes a very fan-like sound, but with no mechanical or cycling sounds, or rattling. This is just a constant whoosh. It has two speeds and you can change the sound of the whoosh by changing the postition of the vent holes on the device. It has a switch right on the side of it, not on the cord so it's easy to use. It's even padded on the bottom to make sure it doesn't vibrate.
I used the low setting last night and slept through the night for the first time in the month since the crazy animals downstairs moved in.
I've been relying on ceiling fans and box fans for background noise for years, this is much better. It's a fuller sound, it covers more, and it doesn't make me cold.
As many others have said in previous reviews, this is unlike those pre-recorded white noise sounds. This cannot repeat, because it's actually making the sound as you hear it.
I travel for a living and stay in a lot of hotels. I look forward to taking this thing with me and blocking out the sounds of neighbor's TV's and talking and vehicles, etc. . . It's very small and lightweight, and seems durable.
I don't know why I didn't buy this sooner. Shooting my neighbors is the only thing that would help me sleep better, but this is legal so perhaps a better choice.
In addition, one child is always toting a boom-box, blaring rap, while the other is bouncing a basketball off the side of their house, sometimes for eight hours straight, often running onto my porch to impress me with his dribbling skills. I think the neighbor behind me is in the top five, too. He's taken up drums, and on the weekend he moves his stereo, complete with auditorium sized speakers and sub-woofer, onto his patio for my enjoyment. Ah, yes---this is the good life!
Okay, okay...maybe it is just me, and this is the normal hum of 'daylight living,' from which I've become so removed. I do a lot of 12 hour night shift work, and I can't expect the world to come to a screeching halt because I'd like a little sleep. But, something had to give!
Something did! My new Marpac 980 recently arrived and I couldn't be more satisfied. It is small (and portable), but solidly built, with cushioning on the bottom to prevent vibration, or furniture scaring. The instructions are clear regarding how to adjust the volume quality, with the top rim and collar. It also has a low and high setting switch. I set mine on the highest level...remember, my neighbors are in the top five.
For such a small machine, the sound really fills the room and there aren't any quirky artifacts, or rattles. The sound is consistent and pure. I quickly adjusted to this new, distraction from the madness, and found it quite comforting.
On the very first trial, a water main had broken close to my home. There were Public Service workers with their, noisy Bobcat, digging to China for hours. I could barely hear them. Ah, the sound of success.
If your neighborhood enters the contest, you might just want to consider one of these machines, too. Sleep deprivation is bad for both mental and physical health. Just ask me :-).
Update 11/19/10: My first Marpac unit is still going strong, and I have since ordered a second one. I think I'm addicted! I don't only use them to sleep with, now. I use one anytime I feel like blocking out the outside world---like when reading, studying, or searching for a Zen moment. These units still receive my highest recommendation. I will never be without them, until they are extracted from my cold, lifeless hands.
I bought this based on wildly favorable reviews online. I found no one who rated it anything less than "incredible." I am extremely sensitive to noise. If a bit of the neighbor's stereo noise bleeds into my home, I'm completely unable to tune it out. I can't read, and sometimes can't even watch TV comfortably. Unfortunately, I live in an area of dense apartments--where the weather is such that the windows have to stay open--and my husband snores. I sleep with earplugs, but the noise can still keep me awake.
In the past I have tried other noise machines that didn't work for me--things like "rainfall" cds or electronic noise machines with similar nature sounds. The problem was that they play a loop of sound, and you can hear a pattern as the loop replays. Once there's a pattern, there's something to pay attention to, and your mind does not tune it out well. This machine generates pure "white noise," which I hoped would be more helpful.
The product is the size and shape of a fat smoke detector. Two things surprised me when I first received it. First, it was quieter than I thought it would be--even the loudest setting seems quieter than a window air conditioner. Even still, my husband complained he wouldn't be able to sleep with "all that noise." (He got used to it within a day or two). It sounds something like a fan--a rush of air. Although you can adjust the volume and tone somewhat, the highest volume is also the highest pitch. Personally I wish it had a deeper tone.
The second surprise is the instructions say to place it *away* from you, so the sound can "fill the room." The ideal positioning pictured has it on a high dresser across from the foot of the bed. Unfortunately, my only option was to place it on the bedside table. I don't know if this really affected my results.
After using it for a while, I would say that it makes it a bit easier to tune out noises, but by no means covers them up. So, once I'm asleep (I still use earplugs), I can stay asleep. If I can manage to get my attention focused on a book the neighborhood noises probably won't break my concentration. But once I hear the noise I still can't tune it out. In fact, a couple times I have actually turned off the machine so that I could identify some sound--not knowing "what is that?" was actually bugging me more than when I could hear it clearly. But like I said, I'm a freak about noise.
This would be ideal for covering traffic sounds--it's just the right sort of noise and pitch. But if your problem is a neighbor's stereo, that mind-numbing bass is not going to sound much different with this than without. It really doesn't "cover up" sounds, but if you have a reasonable ability to tune things out (unlike myself) and just need a little help, you will probably be very happy with this. And it's definitely helpful for *staying* asleep, even for me.
It doesn't solve all my problems, but based on the reasonable price I'm satisfied with the value I got for my money.
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