Re: Recommendations for noise cancelling headphones...

["Ian D. Willoughby" <groups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I have to agree. I often wear my QC3's on trips to Seattle, so they
are on my head for a good 8-9 hours with no discomfort and they reduce
the noise to a level I can sleep for most of the flight. Also the
sound quality when listening to Audio sources is both warm and
delicate. I love them! They do take a couple of goes to get used to
them though, the absence of noise really confuses the brain the first
few times and you feel an imaginary pressure on the ears (once your
brain learns this the feeling goes).

Ian


On 23 Jan 2009, at 12:57, Geoff H wrote:

> I've had two pairs of noise cancelling headphones, a cheap Creative
> HN700 and now a set of the Bose QuietComfort 3 headphones. The
> difference between the two is quite marked. The Bose are comfortable
> to
> wear for long periods of time, the Creative are not. On an aircraft,
> they both manage to reduce the background noise level but when used in
> quieter surroundings, the Creative set have a constant hiss which is
> absent from the Bose set.
>
> If possible, try the headphones on before buying - especially in a
> quiet
> room. Decent noise cancelling headphones should be whisper quiet, the
> cheap ones just pump out white noise, which works fine on an aircraft
> but sounds awful elsewhere and especially during quiet sections of
> music.
>
> Geoff
>
> Paul Gale wrote:
>> The Bose NC headsets are VERY good - excellent on an aircraft.
>>
>> Alternatively, there's the (expensive) option of custom earphones
>> like:
>>
>> http://www.customearphones.co.uk/
>>
>> Weren't these discussed here the other day - or was that another
>> forum?
>>
>> Paul.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: ukha_d@xxxxxxx [mailto:ukha_d@xxxxxxx] On
>>> Behalf
>>> Of Andy Davies
>>> Sent: 22 January 2009 12:20
>>> To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
>>> Subject: [ukha_d] Recommendations for noise cancelling
headphones...
>>>
>>> Currently got a pair of Sony active noise cancelling
headphones that
>>> are about eight years old and starting to fall apart.
>>>
>>> I'm looking replace them, and would prefer some that use ear
buds
>>> instead, should I stick with active noise cancellation or are
things
>>> like the Sennheiser CX500 good enough for long haul plane
journeys?
>>>
>>> Also does anyone have any recommendations as to what I should
get?
>>>
>>> Thanks
>>>
>>> Andy
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