A friend suggests using white noise to mask traffic sounds as I try to sleep in the daytime. He says to record it off the TV and then play it through my stereo boosting the bass a bit. I am wondering: can I achieve the same effect with my stereo receiver, tuning it to the AM band , inbetween stations?
I use a pink noise machine from Hammacher Schlemmer (~$35) and it drowns out just about anything you throw at it, and I find the noise less obnoxious than static. It’s more of a whooshing sound. The machine is called “Sleep Sound” in the catalog, methinks.
I used a window fan on the nightstand for that purpose once. I keep meaning to get one now since I sleep days now and sometimes with the kid watching cartoons in the next room, but every time I get paid I forget.