How is the sound leak on these? 1 being people cant hear a thing (same room) or 10 being everything one can hear what embarrassing music you like. lol
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That depends on how high you have the volume but you block out any sound around you with the headphones on
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Well an interesting thing about these headphones is that at full volume they're louder then most ipod speakers! as for sound leaking, probably a 5 or 6, its not terribly bad but can noticeable if its really quiet.
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Hi Victor, I would say "2" as a beat.In general it counts on how loud you are playing your music and how close the person to the headphone, e.g. if you play a loud music and the person is 0.5 feet away he will hear the beat and 10% of the music lyrics.
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People can hear everything. If your worried about that, than these aren't good head phones.
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If you turn your music up all the way it might be a three for someone sitting right next to you. But that is just that they can hear something. They can't hear what song or the words at all. If someone is 10 feet away they won't even know you have music on. For all they know you are listening to an audio book. It is minimal sound leakage. And again that was at the highest volume. I don't think you will have to be embarassed. I certainly don't want people to hear me learning to play the piano or I would be embarrased! I kept these and returned the others because it was so much better. If you need more info I'm here! If you turn your music up all the way it might be a three for someone sitting right next to you. But that is just that they can hear something. They can't hear what song or the words at all. If someone is 10 feet away they won't even know you have music on. For all they know you are listening to an audio book. It is minimal sound leakage. And again that was at the highest volume. I don't think you will have to be embarassed. I certainly don't want people to hear me learning to play the piano or I would be embarrased! I kept these and returned the others because it was so much better. If you... » Read More If you turn your music up all the way it might be a three for someone sitting right next to you. But that is just that they can hear something. They can't hear what song or the words at all. If someone is 10 feet away they won't even know you have music on. For all they know you are listening to an audio book. It is minimal sound leakage. And again that was at the highest volume. I don't think you will have to be embarassed. I certainly don't want people to hear me learning to play the piano or I would be embarrased! I kept these and returned the others because it was so much better. If you need more info I'm here! « Show Less
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It really depends on the noise level in a room. If your in let's say a library setting then you could only have the volume around 50% on a iPod! which isn't bad but if your worried about others hearing then you'd have to adjust it according to what type of music your listening to.. I did a little experiment with my ipad in a quiet room with just my wife and I. Listening to Greenday's Holiday song, which is pretty loud, at just under 50% you could just barely hear it from 3 ft away. In a car or a room with any background noise you could crank it up to almost 100% and not bother anyone.
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They are open-air headphones and do leak sound, it does help improve the quality though. But if you're looking for non-leakage, I'd go with the Monoprice IEM, They are super cheap and sound fantastic with minimal leakage.
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I'm using this in a office environment and mine seem to leak a large amount of sound in comparison to both a low end Jabra C820S and high end BOSE QuietComfort 15.I dont know if mine are leaking out more than whats normal, for a closed back design I cannot understand how on earth they released something like this without insulting it better, and they want to compete for space against BOSE?, give me a break....Just my 2 cents though, they do sound amazing and the noise cancellation works well.
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I think they're pretty good at noise isolation. If I'm playing music at normal volume through my phone speaker and put the headphones on without plugging them in, I can't really hear the music at all. I do this every morning when I'm leaving for work, and I'm always surprised that it works so well.
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yes, they leak sound but it depends on1) how loud you like somethign when noise cancelling is on2) how loud you can turn it up with surrouinding ambient noiseThey defintely leak sound though
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Hello, I am about to purchase these for use in my cell phone (palm pre). I listen to music (streaming radio and mp3's) all day while at work. I work in a 10x10 cubicle with high walls. Is the sound leaking high enough that it may bother my co-workers? I do not listen to music very loud because I have tennitus which loud noises aggrivates. Also do you have any experience using these with 128kbps sound files? I know that is low, but it is what most streaming music is sent in. Thanks,
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I noticed almost no sound leakage. I have had these and I like to listen relatively loud but I have never had anyone else comment that they can hear what I am listening to. Hope this helps!
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There is no probably about the sound. It is bad. Sounds like music and headphones are playing in a tin can.
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Idk but when around a lot of ppl and turn them up u can't hear them. Just having them on without music, outside noise is very low.
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Being that these are on ear designs the size of your head will make a difference on how tightly the bands press the pads against you therefore changing the results slightly. That being said using my iPhone as the music source you have discernible leak around 60-70 % of the max volume around two feet away. Anything beyond that people will definitely hear the music. I would say a 7/10 rating for on ear headphones. Now at blocking noise the results are as follows; with headphones on and no music ambient noise is reduced around 30-40%, when music is introduced at 30% the ambient noise is undetectable. A rating of 5/10 for on ear noise blocking. Hope that helps.
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Leak, as in someone around you can hear? No the closed set does not leak sound. I think Aaron Burleys review in the review section sums it up. You can read more there. Concerning music he said, "Now, onto the good! Other than the lack of bass, these things sound absolutely amazing. I've never been a fan of close backed headphones, but these opened my mind. I heard things in music that I never knew existed. Things like extra background voices in the chorus of a song, reverb where I didn't know it was present" However if you want a headphone set strictly for music your probably better of looking at something different.
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How is it with sound? I may be one of a few, but I like my fans to make noise because it blocks out the irking street sounds of cars going by and loud music. I'd rather have fan noise than that irking noise!
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When I say they are loud, they are loud. I can't even put them up to 50 without dealing with roommates or other people next door having to tell me to turn it down. I haven't had that happen unless on my game or watching TV. That's just me on the audio quality. I still need to mess with it to see if there's a way, if I wanted to, to change the audio to concert hall or some other kind of audio format option.
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I do think these would probably be too loud if you are sharing a dorm room as they are an open back design, so they will leak sound while simultaneously allowing outside noise in. If you have separate rooms they would probably be fine. Otherwise the DJ model would probably be a better option as they are a closed back design which won't leak sound and will isolate from outside noise. You could also check out something like Mr. Speakers Mad Dog, which is also a closed back design and is also supposed to be a very good headphone.
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I wanted to get these to watch lectures for school (sometimes in the library). Will others hate me for leaking sound with these?
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On a scale of 1-10, I would say 5, I can listen to my music just fine, but if the surrounding noise is to loud, you won't be able to hear all the details of your audio. The volume of the sound is good, its not a earphone so if you're listening to anything on a very high volume it will be heard by others near you, but it won't be very clear. The volume on the headsets is good so you won't need to turn up the volume to enjoy your audio.
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For noise isolation they work great, classical I find rather underwhelming. Perhaps due to the small or lack of sound-stage, although when I used them with a dac/amp on my PC it improved that aspect by a large amount. Still, I find them lacking in the classical genre and quite a few others, except perhaps hip-hop/electronic music which I don't listen to that much of anymore.