High Quality Noise Cancelling Headphones

after SearchSpice recently posted on the ipod headphones leaking so much sound you don’t you your own MP3 player you can just listen to the person sat 3 rows ahead of you.

my mind quickly moved to air travel and my search for decent Noise Cancelling Headphones, I like the idea of losing myself in my choice of noise ..

So I pinged Mel on messenger and asked him what I should buy ( 1 hour later ) this was Mel’s suggested :

the SE420 Sound Isolating Earphones from Shure

or

MDR-NC60 Noise Canceling Headphone from Sony

personally I have always fancied the

High Performance Noise-Isolating In ear headphones from Klipsch

or

QuietComfort 3 Acoustic Noise Cancelling Headphones from Bose

then but then I thought my readers travel a lot as well what do you use ?

DaveN

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26 Comments | Leave a comment »

  1. 1. Ki Media | December 20th 2007 @ 1:16 pm

    Nice,
    already at number 3 in .co.uk for High Quality Noise Cancelling Headphones
    and 9 in google.com

  2. 2. Neerav | December 20th 2007 @ 1:47 pm

    Dave I would suggest the Plane Quiet NC-7 Noise Cancelling Headphones, granted that I’m biased because I own a pair myself … but I sincerely believe that dollar for dollar no other noise cancelling headphones can beat them

  3. 3. Joff | December 20th 2007 @ 2:40 pm

    After destroying three sets of “good” ear bud headphones (ran over two and dropped the third in a mug of tea…) I’ve now opted for some 97p Tesco value earphones.

    Yes they leak more than a sieve but I can’t afford to keep replacing them :)

    It’s bloody typical that they’re also more comfortable than the standard iPod headphones!

  4. 4. 賃貸 大阪 | December 20th 2007 @ 3:04 pm

    The Bose ones work great. A little pricy but they work great for me. Pretty comfortable on my big head.

  5. 5. Seocracy | December 20th 2007 @ 4:32 pm

    I own the bose quiet comfort headphones and they are FANTASTIC…..they do a superb job of noise reduction. the only problem is that they are a bit clunky…if you want to sleep on the plane while wearing them, you cant turn your head b/c they are so big…

    so I bought the Bose quietcomfort ear buds as well and while they reduce less noise, they are still an ergonomic solution.

  6. 6. Cheap Web Hosting Phil | December 20th 2007 @ 5:23 pm

    I recently thought about getting one since I had a gang of builders working on my house. From the reviews that I had read the Sony one looked the best.

  7. 7. imnotadoctor | December 20th 2007 @ 6:24 pm

    I bought some cheap $30 RCA noise canceling headphones and love them. It is the only way I can get work done in my loud ass office.

  8. 8. MelC | December 20th 2007 @ 6:47 pm

    Best catch I had when researching was when I nearly bought these: http://www.amazon.com/Bang-Olufsen-A-8-A8-Earphones/dp/B000I1KGKK - Some poor sod pointed out you can’t wear glasses or sunglasses with them because of the over-ear clasp. What poor design?!

  9. 9. Laura | December 20th 2007 @ 7:10 pm

    I got the Bose headphones last year for Christmas and I love them. I wear them in the office and no one bugs me after repeated attempts to get my attention were not anwswered because I couldn’t hear :)

  10. 10. Farmer | December 20th 2007 @ 9:20 pm

    Buy them all then test ‘em, return the ones you don’t like. The bose are nice though…

  11. 11. Brad | December 21st 2007 @ 12:48 am

    I got a pair of Sennheiser CX 300 In-Ear Headphones for flying with the laptop for £17 from play.com - totally impressed with the quality, couldnt hear anything but the movies I was watching.

  12. 12. Pete W | December 21st 2007 @ 10:10 am

    I’m a fan of the Grado SR60 headphones. Not noise-cancelling, but they will absolutely re-define how you listen to music.

  13. 13. Thomas | December 21st 2007 @ 11:44 am

    I own the Sure SE530 and they sound really great, ambient noise is reduced to a high degree.
    But - as always - there is a downside: They are inappropriate for jogging/walking. Everytime you hit the ground with your foot you hear a “bump”, so no sports here.

    Very useful in trains and airplanes, though. Since the noise is not cancelled by a dsp or some electronic device, you don’t need a battery and avoid the “white noise” which you get from electronic noise cancelling. (I own a Sennheiser PXC300 since I got the Sure it’s just there for playing counter strike or something on lan parties.)

  14. 14. jms | December 21st 2007 @ 3:19 pm

    The BOSE are absolutely awesome, and the newer design makes them not so LARGE. I bought them for the wife and the sound is as good as studio headphones, and as its BOSE they really pay attention to the sound spectrum so from bass to treble the definition is incredible.

  15. 15. Vanessa Fox | December 22nd 2007 @ 4:33 am

    The Bose ones are great. I have the in-ear Bose ones for my iPod though:
    http://www.bose.com/controller?event=VIEW_PRODUCT_PAGE_EVENT&product=triport_ie_headphones_index

    Which are also great.

    For a while I had the sharper image version, but they really hurt my ears.

  16. 16. Quality Nonsense | December 22nd 2007 @ 6:04 pm

    I’ve owned two pairs of Shure E4C earphones. The sound quality is excellent, as is the noise cancelling. But both pairs have worn out in under a year of regular-but-not-excessive use. They come with a two year warranty, so in the new year I’ll try and claim a replacement pair.

  17. 17. MelC | December 23rd 2007 @ 10:06 pm

    Thomas is right about jogging with the Shure ones. They have a connector half way down for the phone adaptor - http://www.shure.com/PersonalAudio/Products/Accessories/CasesAdapters/us_pa_MPA_phone_adapter - which does bump around irritatingly. I’ve found you get used to it walking - just bad for running. Might get in the way of your marathon training Dave ;-)

  18. 18. frank | December 25th 2007 @ 3:37 pm

    I got and love my Bose QuietComfort however one downside is that they will only work with a charged accu. So if you - like I sometimes do forget to switch them off and don’t charge them - ur out of luck - no sound at all… and contrary to others like the Sony the Bose do NOT work with standard batteries.

    however sound and wearing comfort of the BOSE is untouched.

    frank

  19. 19. Elaine | December 29th 2007 @ 11:56 am

    Strangely enough just bought the Sennheiser Wireless ear phones - probably not any good for flying - but fantastic
    for shifting those extra lardy pounds we’ve all put on over Xmas and they’re extremely safe!!! - I use them on my treadmill while mostly
    watching The Sopranos and now don’t have to worry about getting tangled up in any wires and doing myself an injury AND the constant whining of the treadmill motor is somewhat deadened - great result.
    Happy New Year

  20. 20. Elaine | December 29th 2007 @ 11:57 am

    ps - did you notice Leeds went top for a few short hours t’other day :)

  21. 21. Rob | January 2nd 2008 @ 1:59 pm

    Dave I agree iPod headphones are pretty poor. I’ve had the older ones and the supposedly better iPod ones and have been disappointed. I went for Shure E2C headphones. It feels a bit strange putting the headphones right into your ears but it definitely cancels out the surrounding noise.

  22. 22. Dewmaniac | January 3rd 2008 @ 12:16 am

    I see no mention of — Ultimate Ear — headphones. I have been listening to music since I was a kid. Had numerous walkmans etc etc and pretty much always had some form of portable listening device. I strictly carry the Ipod now. I have tried a number of varied in-ear headphones. Earbuds just simply annoy me and they don’t cancel any noise and I always found myself cranking my player to even get any sound worth listening. I would go through headphones so often due to simple wear and tear and the accidental cord catching. So many in fact, I wouldn’t spend more than $50 on a pair for fear of destroying them. In my search online to replace a broken set. I came across

    http://www.ultimateears.com/_ultimateears/

    and I never turned back. They fit great and sound quality is amazing. I work in contruction operating heavy equipment,jackhammers, chopsaws, etc. So ear protection is a must. I simple have my headphones in non-stop and I get quality music with the added bonus of ear protection. And I don’t need to crank up the music to drown out the equipment either.
    Sorry for the ramble but I didn’t want these to go unnoticed.

  23. 23. Rob | January 8th 2008 @ 4:35 pm

    As I mentioned, you wanna get yourself some http://www.play.com/Electronics/Electronics/4-/3438224/Shure-SE530PTH-Sound-Isolating-Earphones/Product.html Just tell Becky you got them for a fiver from the states ;-)

  24. 24. Jim | February 29th 2008 @ 10:36 am

    Yes, I agree with the above comments about in ear sound isolating earphones. They are so much better sounding than noise cancelling headphones - no electronics messing around with the music.

    I have a pair of Shure SE420’s and the sound quality is a HUGE leap from the standard iPod ear buds.

  25. 25. CloudStrife | March 1st 2008 @ 7:58 pm

    The High Quality Noise Cancelling Headphones are definitely a good product . Espacially for factory workers etc. No one likes a noisy environment and you cannot possibly tell those people to stop talking so this is one of the methods you can use to ease ur headache caused by the noise.

  26. 26. kev454 | March 31st 2008 @ 3:11 pm

    First I owned a pair of Ultimate Ears SuperFi 5 Pros and thought sinking into my own audio world had reached Nirvana (the state of mind not the over rated pop band) then I was lucky enough to try a pair of the Triple Fi 10’s…Oh my god the music plays in the middle of your skull and you can hear every sound recorded, only pain I know have to relisten to every track I own.

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