I'm looking for headphones with "passive noise cancelling" not "active"(with the batteries). How much "passive sound" like airplane noise they cancel?
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You can move the Sound Slider to the "closed" position to block outside noise. Doing this will effectively reduce most outside noise.
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Dear Professor Cohen,I have never used this on a plane to know if they will cancel noises of the plane out I'm sorry
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I used a pair like these, with passive noise cancellation, on a plane and they were actually pretty good. It will not stop the ear pressure due to altitude, but you wont hear a thing
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No. These headphones do not have noise cancelling features and will not make your flight any quieter. What these headphones bring to the table is superb quality in a very light package.
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I've tried this on a 14 hour trans-oceanic flight. Your ears might start to ache after 4 hours of wearing them, and you can still hear the jet engines. Yeah, they're not noise-cancelling. But hey, I still love them -- besides, we don't go on a trans-atlantic flight every day, now, do we? lol
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They are rather big and bulky to bring on a plane. They don't "cancel" the backround noise and they only muffle thebackround noise I get in my den. The planes engines, I doubt it. However, for listening at home, they can't be beat!
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I have not used them on a plane. As others have noted, they do cover the ear but any noise reduction is passive rather than active.
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Unfortunately I think it depends on the airline - some still use an odd two prong type of jack. And while these are good headphones for the price, they really are somewhat bass heavy and I don't think they would be ideal for a plane. If you are flying a lot, you seriously may want to consider decent noise cancellation headphones. Using headphones on planes really isn't ideal anyway because people wind up cranking the volume too much and it can damage your hearing. Decent noise cancellation headphones cut out some of the loud droning noise that you hear constantly while in a plane or pretty much any kind of vehicle. Unfortunately I think it depends on the airline - some still use an odd two prong type of jack. And while these are good headphones for the price, they really are somewhat bass heavy and I don't think they would be ideal for a plane. If you are flying a lot, you seriously may want to consider decent noise cancellation headphones. Using headphones on planes really isn't ideal anyway because people wind up cranking the volume too much and it can damage your hearing. Decent noise cancellation headphones cut out some of the loud droning noise that you hear constantly while in a plane or pretty... » Read More Unfortunately I think it depends on the airline - some still use an odd two prong type of jack. And while these are good headphones for the price, they really are somewhat bass heavy and I don't think they would be ideal for a plane. If you are flying a lot, you seriously may want to consider decent noise cancellation headphones. Using headphones on planes really isn't ideal anyway because people wind up cranking the volume too much and it can damage your hearing. Decent noise cancellation headphones cut out some of the loud droning noise that you hear constantly while in a plane or pretty much any kind of vehicle. « Show Less
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Hello -- Jeff's answer is spot on. I'd add that we limit these to 100db (not the standard 85db) for this reason. It seemed that the white noise of the airplane would drown out the audio in the headphones at 85db, making them less useful on the airplane. But with any noise or sound, please be safe and check to make sure it's not too loud and it isn't listened to for too long. Please email us at support@lil-gadgets.com if you have any other questions. Thank you!
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The N-Tunes do a pretty good job of noise cancellation. They aren't "Noise Cancelling Headphones" But i believe they do the job pretty well. :)
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Passive headphones. Sound great! I would just buy the pads made for ath-m50. Much more comfortable.
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these are not active noise cancelling headphones, and are powered by the headphone cable, so no batteries required. being a closed back headphone, they do offer passive noise reduction, which is basically the muffling or muting of outside noise by nature of their closed ear cups. but if you want true active noise reduction, these are not for you.
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As most (all?) headphones with active noise cancellation, they mainly filter out low frequency noise (like traffic sound, fan sound and airplane). That means that they are not so good with filtering out speech and tv.People who want to filter out those sounds usually buy headphone with passive "mechanical" soundproof. (For example Direc Sound EX-29)
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No Noise cancellation and they are insufficient to keep out the noise while watching a movie on the plane. The headphones were great except for that, so I returned them. I tried the Sennheisers But they were very poor noise cancelling and the V-Moda which were excellent except they were "noise-lowering" or some such thing and kept no noise out. After buying and returning all of these, I went back to my Bose Quiet Comfort 15's which were still the best of the bunch. I will wait for the next gen which will be noise cancelling AND bluetooth.
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They are passive noise canceling not active. They do not have a switch that turns off ambient noise. The noise canceling being passive means the earcups cover your ear and in the process block out the noise, which they do. These things are amazing. I keep going back to these and I have some higher end Monsters, Beats, and V-Modas.
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I would not recommend these headphones for longer flights. They do in fact sound great and diminish external noise just by the way they fit. However, they are not Noise Canceling headphones and have no electronic technology that diminshes external noise like the low hum of an airplane's jets. Moreover, the strength of the metal headband and the firmness of the ear cups can cause discomfort on the ears if the headphones are worn for an extended period of time (1.5+ hours). I would recommend that you search for headphones that have high ratings for comfort as well as noise canceling abilities.
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I haven't used these on a plane, but I used to fly quite a bit and based on that past experience, I would say these would be OK, but they aren't going to beat Etymotics or a similar in the ear headphone for blocking flight noise. Despite what you read about the noise cancelling headphones, those were the best I ever found for quieting the ride. If that's your goal, and you fly a lot, look to the in-ear.
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No. The "active" noise canceling is very minimal. Good pair of earphones, though.
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I'm in the same boat. I'm reviewing headphone sets primarily based on their noise cancellation abilities -- I don't even need audio. Recommendations would be welcome.