Abstract: Were all used to carrying our music around with us these days, whether it be on iPod or mobile phone. But its very rare to get a decent set of headphones in the same box as a portable music player of any kind, so its well worth investigating a bett...
Abstract: April 2007 by Jacob Spindel In the middle of Chaucer’s Canterbury Tales, a traveler who finds one of the others’ tales to be unbearable and annoying simply screams at him to stop. Agent Maxwell Smart, on the other hand, had an advanced Cone of...
Noise cancellation technology works as advertised. Crips highs. Punchy midrange and decent bass extension. Very easy to fold-up and take with you. Includes plug adapter for home stereo and airplanes. Not very expensive. Free shipping from Sony.
Ear pads are not the most comfortable. Headphone fit is somewhat tight making long listening sessions painful. Major impedance swing with the power on/off. Sound quality is not as good as we would have expected from Sony.
For $50, they represent an okay buy in the noise cancelling category. The build quality is good, but they were far too uncomfortable to be used on a long-flight, even if the noise cancellation technology works. Sennheiser and others make models worth ...
Abstract: Noise-canceling (NC) headphones sample surrounding sound and then add an inverse signal to the audio produced by the headphones to "cancel" that external noise. (For more on the benefits and drawbacks of noise-canceling headphones, see the first few pa...
