Does this product block out airplane noise? Especially continuous humming/dronning sounds when the airplanes are circling or approaching?
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Kathryn, we don't live close to an airport, so I have no idea. I do know that there is not inconsiderable truck traffic near our house and it blocks that pretty effectively. Also, the Ecotone is definitely capable of loud volume itself, more so than other sound machines that I've tried.
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My experience is it does because it sensitizes the ear to the white noise so that all other noise becomes seemingly imperceivable.
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I don't live close enough to an airport to know for sure, but I can tell you that it absolutely blocks out the noise of a fleet of snowploughs and snowblowers clearing the street in front of my house, so my best guess would be "yes". Not all settings would work well for this, of course. I find the "rainfall" and "brook" settings best for blocking out random noises, while other settings like "train" or "meadow" seem better for situations where you just need soothing sounds to help you relax. I have not tried other noise machines (other than our summertime, window-mounted air conditioner), so I can't offer a meaningful comparison with other products. I hope this helps with your decision. I don't live close enough to an airport to know for sure, but I can tell you that it absolutely blocks out the noise of a fleet of snowploughs and snowblowers clearing the street in front of my house, so my best guess would be "yes". Not all settings would work well for this, of course. I find the "rainfall" and "brook" settings best for blocking out random noises, while other settings like "train" or "meadow" seem better for situations where you just need soothing sounds to help you relax. I have not tried other noise machines (other than... » Read More I don't live close enough to an airport to know for sure, but I can tell you that it absolutely blocks out the noise of a fleet of snowploughs and snowblowers clearing the street in front of my house, so my best guess would be "yes". Not all settings would work well for this, of course. I find the "rainfall" and "brook" settings best for blocking out random noises, while other settings like "train" or "meadow" seem better for situations where you just need soothing sounds to help you relax. I have not tried other noise machines (other than our summertime, window-mounted air conditioner), so I can't offer a meaningful comparison with other products. I hope this helps with your decision. « Show Less
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I don't live close enough to an airport to know for sure, but I can tell you that it absolutely blocks out the noise of a fleet of snowploughs and snowblowers clearing the street in front of my house, so my best guess would be "yes". Not all settings would work well for this, of course. I find the "rainfall" and "brook" settings best for blocking out random noises, while other settings like "train" or "meadow" seem better for situations where you just need soothing sounds to help you relax. I have not tried other noise machines (other than our summertime, window-mounted air conditioner), so I can't offer a meaningful comparison with other products. I hope this helps with your decision.
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I don't think they are specifically designed for use on airplanes without music, however I do use them sometimes without music to quiet down the background noise of my 5 children.
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I did use it on airplane and noise isolation was acceptable. It is not the same as active noise cancellation but if you keep volume high enough and use right tips, you should be able to achieve decent isolation
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Active noise cancelation without no sound to work with will add an artificial humming noise, but at very low tone. Is it noticable yes? Is it normal yes? Should it be noticable with music, no. This is common with all active noise reducing headphones. However, I would not describe this as a whine. But a very low toned air flowing hum almost like wind blowing through a very light hum.
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No. It will not block out the sound completely but it will muffle it (equivalent to holding a pillow over your ears).
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Usually the noise cancelling headphones (including those) are mostly for low-frequency noise (like airplane or street noise, or computer fan, etc), so they don't protect from chatter much.In fact, in airplane it's easier to hear what people say in headphones than without them.
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Usually the noise cancelling headphones (including those) are mostly for low-frequency noise (like airplane or street noise, or computer fan, etc), so they don't protect from chatter much. In fact, in airplane it's easier to hear what people say in headphones than without them.
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No it does not avoid blocking the speakers but if it is to low you may not hear it as well.
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I'm going to say no. I find it will muffle the sounds but you won't get a total silence with these. This set is meant to work more on a plane to drown out that whiny decibel annoying sound. And even on a plane you can hear people talking, but again it's muffled.
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Isolating? Yes. Canceling? No. If you get a good fit, they block a lot of the ambient noise but as others have mentioned they do not block out everything. I've used them in airliners and they help. Not as good as the expensive noise canceling buds but they do help. JLab sells replacement silicone tips that have an additional flange which may improve the fit and thus the isolation.
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For me and other people it does. I live on a street that is very busy with loud traffic and at night the noise from the traffic is distracting and annoying. The sound that I play on the EC-B150, ocean waves, blocks out or hides the traffic noise that is distracting to me allowing me to fall asleep faster. I enjoy the sound from the radio and after awhile I do not hear it.
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I use the noise cancelation feature on planes all of the time and I have never heard that. Maybe the cable is bad or a bad connection maybe? Does it crackle if you twist the mini plug on the headphone side or phone/ipod side? They definitely should not do that. Maybe, maybe bad batteries could cause that too.
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I have not heard any humming over the speakers. I'm pretty happy with my purchase and I have a Bose Cinemate surround system.
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No they do not. They are very good @ reducing white noise of airplanes but they only muffle the sounds of voices around you.
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On an airplane or in a room with a TV on they definitely cancel the noise. Some really loud noise will be muffled but not cancelled. As far as the band, depends on where it is in relation to you.
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Not completely. I have not found anything that will do that as much as try to advertise! I wear them everynight because they do block most ambient sound i.e. fans, tv's down low.
804353
Yes it does prevent outside noise from coming in. If you have the volume turned down low, you can still slightly hear outside noise but otherwise it does a pretty good job of drowning outside noise. And yes sound does leak if you have the volume turned up high.