How high is the sound leakage?If I'm playing video games with these on and I have a microphone infront of my face, will the sound be picked up?
1512000
if you are listening to a sound in a reasonable time, will not interfere in almost anything!
1310465
Not unless you are listening at incredibly loud levels. It also depends on how sensitive your mic is. I was listening to music the other night at normal levels and an incredibly loud song started playing, causing me to turn it down quickly, but not before my wife was awakened.
1568653
I don't know. I'm not a gamer. I use these to drum to music with. For that, they are quite good. They reduce outside noise.
771964
I have had my SoundTrues up reasonably high and my wife who sits next to me in our office could not hear my music. The around-ear are better at sealing out sound than the on-ears. Also, you have to make sure the earcups are properly seating around your ears. They should form a seal, and yes like most headphones, if you have them on awhile, they will get warm inside. When that happens, pull them down around your neck, the earcups will automatically face up to evaporate any moisture.
2123284
I completely recommend against that. This is a good microphone, with great quality. However, It has a low sensitivity. I tried doing this myself as my in-game microphone(gamer) but unless the microphone is almost touching your lips, it wont pick up your voice.
810126
From my experience the sound bleed is significant only if your playing on near to max volume. Anything below that I have not noticed any terrible sound bleed using this headset
2284162
That's not true on mine atleast. I think mine are on the top in front of the screen behind the keyboard and they are loud. When playing video games my friends ask me to turn it down and the sound quality is excellent, though by the sound I would say no bass or built in woofer. If you want the full spectrum sound like someone else said you may want speakers, but for everyday use it's fine. I have noticed no difference in tabletop versus lap, etc.
714874
I think the sound leakage is generally quite low. It is worth noting however that the microphones will pick up any non-continuous noise in the room around you, so if you have others around you, everyone will hear them in a call.
129885
I would say that there is a considerable sound leakage as these are "on the ear" headphones. If you are worried about sound leakage you should consider "over the ear" headphones preferably with noise cancellation features.
2010317
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
763369
I've actually used them while playing computer games while my roommate watched football on TV just a few feet away (4-5'). They do an okay job at that. I could really only hear the TV when my game was quiet. They'll probably work pretty well as long as you sit a little farther away than I did.
635880
They have good quality for not being on max volume, and they wont fall off that easy, but if you put the max volume (and you migth need to if you wanna lisin to all the detals, at least in my own expirience) it will leak out a little. If you got a good mic, it should not pick background noise. (if you are worried that the sound from your headphones migth catch up, you should get a shure mic instead of the headphones :p )
2215842
I think these are better than average at not leaking sound at reasonable volume levels. However, I would turn your music down when you take these off. They sound like little speakers when they are not pressed to your head.
2036460
It varies with how loud you actually voice. for example if you are very soft spoken person you will have to bring them closer to your mouth. However if you scream you can actually pull these mics about 12 inches away from your face and they should pick up beautifully
2270585
It's great for both! I love em. Now I wouldn't wear these on the bus or in a store, but sitting on my computer they sound great. Only issue is...if you turn the speakers up high, there is a slight haze sound when there isn't anything playing. Other then that, best gaming headset I've owned. And I'm a music buff. You'd like it man!
104356
High volume, they leak very little noise and block sound very well. Medium/low volume they don't block sound that much.
518115
Jonah, these are not noise cancelling head phones so it you're looking to shut yourself off from the world these are not for you. I feel like these were designed for the bast sound, and yeah you can turn it up so you can't hear anything from the outside world if you would like. There is some leakage when you have them turned up. I work next to a lady that pays way too much attention to everyone else and she can hear them when I have them about 75% up. These are meant for the pleasure of the listener.
420417
I felt the headphone does not reach that level of volume. The max volume is actually decent and not very loud. I tried with iPhone 4, 4s, laptops with different media players. Stating this, I did not feel the sound leakage actually.