a busy office We use the white sound to block out any noxious or interruptive noise from offices adjacent to our massage room. It is about 90% effective, and only fails when the ambient noise level gets very high. BRIGHT Love the features and it is super user friendly but holy cow, even on low illumination, the display is so bright it creates shadows in my room - on high I think I could read by the light of the display. I used it for the first time last night and it actually kept me awake with the light. Not sure what I am going to do. love this product! I love this product! It has so many different sounds, its hard to decide which one I want to listen to.. I guess my favorite is Oceanside. Listening to the waves is so soothing. I also like that the backlight acts as a nightlight so if you need to get up in the middle of the night, its not so dark. Its well made and looks nice on my night table next to my bed. Im thinking about buying another as a gift for someone. sounds ok Im not completely happy with this sound machine because the lowest volume is too low and the next level is too loud. Some of the sounds are not soothing to me, more irritating but the ones I like, for eg Surfs Up and Oceanside, work well. I like the fact that they can