Do these work with the noise cancelling turned off? Sometimes I'd rather listen to music without being totally cut off from the world.
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You can use them with noise cancelling turned off. Just like a normal headset.
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They are not "noise cancelling." They are simply in-ear headphones that fit pretty sungly and therefore muffle outside sound. A similar pair that I got after these that I liked much, much better and I'm still using almost a year later is this one: Philips SHE3590BL/10 In-Ear Headphones
1987143
Yes. But whether with or without music, the noise canceling is only a partial reduction in outside noise.
1610645
No not noise cancelling...They are somewhat basic headphones but just clear sound.
1066203
Hi Julie, no unfortunately no they don't have any type of noise cancelling switch that I can turn on and off but I guarantee you, you can't hear any outside noise.
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They block out ambient noise well but are not noise cancelling. At best, you might consider these "noise isolating".
1560605
If you have these plugged in your ears for optimal sound quality then you will only hear background noises that are considerably louder than what you are listening to. If you have them plugged in your ears and the sound is off, I'm guessing they cancel about 50% of the background noise levels.
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Hi Jennifer, You can hear music with these in 2 ways: with the noise cancelling on (which will reduce the surrounding sounds but will consume the baterry) and with the noise cancelling off (which will work just like a regular headphones)Keep in mind that the pads are not very soft so is uncomfortable to wear them for several hrs.
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If you mean are they noise cancelling the answer is no. And these headphones are uncomfortable when you wear them for a long duration.
593454
They're great for listening to music, as for cancelling outside noise, no. The sound quality is good, but there's no noise cancelling.
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They block out external sound well, but do not have active noise cancelation. They don't leak sound so if you turn up the volume you won't bother those near you.
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No, they aren't, if im listening to music at a moderate level and my clustermates are talking, i can faintly hear their voices. Although, if you turn up the volume, it should cancel them. But to answer your question straight out, no they are NOT noise canceling.
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These are not noise canceling so you can hear a little. However, I listen to music pretty much on full blast and my husband can only hear very soft, muffled sound when sitting next to me but not enough to make out what I'm listening to or disturb the pertain next to you. If you're goal is total silence then you need to pay up for the nose canceling style.
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I don't believe they are technically classified as noise-cancelling but I wear them at the gym and I do not have to crank up the volume on headphones to cover external sounds from other noise around me. I can have them at a normal volume and hear my device just fine. With the different ear piece sizes they fit nicely which attributes more to the good sound quality.
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noise cancelling is not = to mute. You still hear but the external sound is greatly reduced & is MUCH lower.
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They aren't noise-canceling headphones, as in they don't have "Active Noise Control" (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Active_noise_control) but when I put them on, things definitely get much more muted.
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yes, they leak sound but it depends on 1) how loud you like somethign when noise cancelling is on 2) how loud you can turn it up with surrouinding ambient noise They defintely leak sound though