RE: Recommendations for noise cancelling headphones...

["Phil Harris" <phil@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

I thought my hearing was bad! No - the Bose ones hiss as well (albeit
at a
pretty low level) ... well, my QC2's do.

Maybe my hearing isn't as shot as I thought! :-D

Phil

> -----Original Message-----
> From: ukha_d@xxxxxxx [mailto:ukha_d@xxxxxxx] On Behalf
> Of Paul Gale
> Sent: 23 January 2009 23:17
> To: 'ukha_d@xxxxxxx'
> Subject: RE: [ukha_d] Recommendations for noise cancelling
> headphones...
>
> The Bose ones are good just for noise cancelling on an aircraft - no
> hiss and perfect for getting some sleep :)
>
> Paul.
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: ukha_d@xxxxxxx [mailto:ukha_d@xxxxxxx] On
> Behalf
> > Of Tim Hawes
> > Sent: 23 January 2009 21:16
> > To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
> > Subject: Re: [ukha_d] Recommendations for noise cancelling
> > headphones...
> >
> > My Philips ones hiss... I assumed all noise cancelling headpones
did,
> > but I guess not :-(
> > Still good on a plane though, and/or when listening to music. I
> > wouldn't put them on just to block out noise though with nothing
else
> > playing through them.
> >
> > Cheers,
> >
> > Tim.
> >
> > On Fri, Jan 23, 2009 at 12:57 PM, Geoff H <yahoo@xxxxxxx>
> > wrote:
> > >
> > > 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
> >
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