how good are these in terms of noise cancelling/isolating? can't hear what's going on in the background at all?
183566
don't know an exact answer but when I'm playing poker I can't hear a damn thing unless I take them off.
183567
Because these are closed back, they isolated very well for me... almost couldn't hear anything with them on... however, in terms of size... the earmuffs run a little on the small side... so for me they sat on top of my ear rather that over them... after a few hours of gaming they began to ache which caused me to return them and go with something different. the sound quality is great and the sound stage is expansive.
1674583
These are not noise-cancelling headphones. They are also "on-ear" headphones so the noise isolation is not as good as "over the ear headphones."
1089400
You can hear fine. They are NOT noise canceling - you can definitely hear airplane noise. When off the plane they sound much better than the noise canceling ones. Hope that helps.
1865104
They should be okay .... I use them without any music on and I dont hear any hissing noise or even when I listen to music very low
9548
No, These are noise isolating earbuds, not canceling ones; However, if you have any amount of sound playing into them you will have a very hard time hearing around you. With these at a moderate volume I have stood right next to a lawn mower and only managed to hear it quietly under the music I was listening to.
654180
I did it quite a bit. They work well but they are only ok at noise isolation so you will get some background noise.
488143
Just block out, there are not noise cancelling, but they are great Headphones!!!!
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.
1916888
Sonically these are actually fairly good. For the price I paid I am satisfied. If the sound and isolation were important to me I would have ordered the M30 or the M50's. I would say these are fair at noise cancellation/isolation. If you are a drummer - these are not the best choice to use while practicing. If you run sound for your church - like I use them for - they work very well. For isolation I give them a 6 out of 10. If you are listening to music while walking down the street, you will hear the bus coming before it hits you. But, while walking down the street your music will sound pretty good and most of the street noise will be gone. For air travel I would bet these would work very well. I hope this helps.
1021191
These are good at cancelling ambient noise such as you may experience in a train, bus or plane. People talking loudly close-by? Not so sure. The audio quality is up to scratch, I would definitely recommend them for music.
1286446
decent noise cancelling. if you have music playing you wont hear much else.
564285
They have decent sound (honestly, I think they sound very good), but they do not cancel ALL outside noise. With no music they block less noise than a set of soft foam earplugs. With music though, outside noise shouldn't be a problem at all.
52687
These block out ambient noises extremely well. But, you can still hear people talking which to me, is a good thing. As far as annoying others... I don't think you'll have a problem with that. It, of course would depend on how loud you have them. When I am sitting next to my husband, I cannot hear them when he is listening to his music through them. I am fairly sensitive to that, especially when I'm listening to something else and I don't want to hear his music. Hope that helps.
1239513
These headphones don't have active noise canceling; however they do have noise isolation, or "passive" noise canceling. It's like when you cup your hands over your ears. They're actually not that bad at it either. I've had to use the MDR10R for in-ear monitors on stage before and I couldn't intelligibly hear anything that wasn't coming from them.
996771
There is no "active" noise cancelling on these phones. What i will say is that the ear cups are so large, they create a good seal around your ears that blocks out most external sound even at modest sound levels. These headphones have very large drives and sound best when using a separate headphone amp/or using a source that can drive these headphones properly. They sound anazing for the price and are nicely built!
1782434
The ones I have are in my opinion not noise-cancelling. They are just simple high quality headphones.
549533
They are not noise canceling but they do have noise isolating. In other words they will block quite a bit but not everything. I like the way they feel. I have worn them for about 4 hours for my longest stretch. My ears got slightly warm at the 4th hour.