RE: Recommendations for noise cancelling headphones...

["Phil Harris" <phil@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

My QC2's are at work at the moment but I'm in there again today so
I'll have
another listen - I do have a fairly annoying level of permanent tinnitus
but
I'm also sure I heard some low level hiss from the phones themselves (which
is masked as soon as there's any music playing).

The thing I don't like about the QC2's (and this may apply to the QC3's
too)
is that they *HAVE* to have a battery in them at all times - they can't be
used as standard non-cancelling phones if the battery goes flat.

Phil

> -----Original Message-----
> From: ukha_d@xxxxxxx [mailto:ukha_d@xxxxxxx] On Behalf
> Of Paul Gale
> Sent: 24 January 2009 08:53
> To: 'ukha_d@xxxxxxx'
> Subject: RE: [ukha_d] Recommendations for noise cancelling
> headphones...
>
> Mmm - OK, maybe I'm getting too old :(  I'll have to have another
> listen as I don't remember any hiss. Maybe I just got used to it?
>
> Paul.
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: ukha_d@xxxxxxx [mailto:ukha_d@xxxxxxx] On
> Behalf
> > Of Phil Harris
> > Sent: 23 January 2009 23:49
> > To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
> > Subject: RE: [ukha_d] Recommendations for noise cancelling
> > headphones...
> >
> > 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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