Cabin noise thoughts ?

Our summer vacation this year is a road trip through Europe in the Testarossa. I'd already noticed that it's a loud cabin, but with both of us in the car for a few hours at a time, trying to have a conversation requires increasingly louder tones (and just forget about music or navigation).

The easy answer of course is to just stay below ~3500 RPM in 5th, but ... where's the fun in that ? We have noise canceling headphones that we've tried on, and it helps a lot, but it does feel pretty dorky. I'm now thinking about using my motorcycle earplugs, or getting some noise canceling buds.

How do you folks handle it ?
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Romano, give me a shout whenever you're around, would love to see your car in person, I live pretty close to Elsass!

Swiss speed enforcement is brutal, there's almost no tolerance, and the worst part is that it turns into a criminal offense very quickly (e.g. >35kph above the speed limit on the highway). Now couple that with incredible roads and scenery, and you can see what a challenge it can be if you have a beautiful day and a fun vehicle to drive.

Brian, I also have the stock exhaust, is there a difference between the US and the Euro/Swiss (?) one ? I would still expect this to be an issue of just driving slower though, at 130kph/80mph I don't have complaints.

Of course wind noise, the engine noise is (one of the things) what I bought it for ;-))))

Good point on the rubber door seals, I'll take a closer look, it does feel like it's more pronounced on the passenger side.