How's sound leakage?
1993497
dognorts answer is exactly what i was going to say... i quote: "Not to bad, but will depend on how loud you play them, and the ambient noise."
1993498
Not to bad, but will depend on how loud you play them, and the ambient noise.
767940
Leakage is bad. Definitely not minimal. Earplugs are better if you are avoiding leakage
1192105
I didn't notice much leakage of sound. I tried the various ear plug sizes that come with the Brainwavz until I found the one that fitted most comfortably and blocked outside noise the best. Put it this way, if I am listening with the earphones and my wife call me I can't hear her! (She has to visually signal me) Hope this helps.
420416
Very little leakage.At 50 percent no one hears it from 2 feet head distance. At 75 percent the person could barely hear it. At 100 percent they could identify the song. We equivated it out to at 100 percent volume was 3 clicks up from mute on an iPhone. Hope this helps. Take care.
1095247
I don't hear any sound leaking when my wife uses them around the house, but I don't think she turns up the volume much either.
33358
Yes they do leak, these are opened aired headphones so yes anyone can hear, made for the home, u do need a headphone amp
804352
They are not noise isolating; you will still hear some outside noise. And yes, there is some sound leak, but of course how much depends on how loudly you listen to them.
1963207
No, they don't leak sound. I can sit right next to my son when he has the headphones on and I don't hear a thing. He is very happy with them.
1588566
They don't leak sound very much in my opinion, not unless you have them turned up past 70%. Though at that point it's quite loud.
1112431
I've been listening at fairly highly volume and there was little to no sound leakage
1815395
Sound leak has never been a problem for me even at full volume. Very happy with it.
1237224
As long as you are not BLASTING something you'll be fine. There isn't much sound leakage but you hear outside noises a lot easier compared other sound proof headsets.
183521
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.
28852
Sure, I tested the "sound leak" from the Sony MDR 1R Premium for you. I turned my Zune up to above normal listening volume, I then placed the headphones on a roll of toilet paper (cans in), I could not detect any sound leakage from as little as 1 foot away (the soft ear cushions work great for holding sound IN - however read on). Now as far as passive noise cancellation is concerned - these phones truly SUCK. The sound is so realistic with these phones on, that I sometimes have to remove the headset to see if someone is calling me or if one of the tracks musicians got a bit carried away. But more than once out in my backyard man cave, I removed the headphones when I heard voices, and to my surprise it was my next door neighbors talking to each other. I could hear them WITH the headphones on and playing music, and these chatting neighbors were at least 30 feet away on the other side of a six foot cinderblock fence. The soft ear cushions seem to have a big problem when it comes to keeping noises OUT. Ergo the passive isolation sucks IMHO. Do I care? HELL N....er, I mean, not at all....I bought these for their remarkable sound. And I am not disappointed. Hope this helps
951249
I notice minimal leakage even at loud volumes. If there is any amount of ambient noise in your quiet environment you should be just fine.
2046283
I always transfer the file to a computer and listen from there. I've never had any problem with feedback noise.
2171953
I haven't noticed loss of volume or quality. If there is any it must be very, very small.