How are they at cancelling ambient noise without extra ambient on? i.e. to sleep in?
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Personally, I cannot sleep while wearing these, although I could if I were able to sleep flat on my back with only the back of my head on the pillow. Even without the noise cancelling feature turned on, however, these do block out a great deal of sound due to the foam encasing your ears. Batteries last a long time in these, so not using the noise cancel feature is kind of pointless in most circumstances. So far I've had at least 20 hours total usage on one set of batteries, albeit not continuous.
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I really never got that far since both pairs were defective. I did try one that I was able to install batteries and the noise cancelling was minimal at best, even with the feature turned on. Hope that helps with your choice.
2123725
You do not need an audio input to use the noise canceling feature. When I am sitting at my computer, and don't have any audio going to the headphones they will nearly cancel all the noise of my computer fan. There is a touch of hiss, but it is significantly less than the noise the fan makes.
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These do a great job of canceling out ambient noise ESPECIALLY when you turn your volume up to 11! Additionally what I really like about these is that they also keep the sound in. I can crank up the volume and not have my co-workers go crying to management that they're sick of listening to metal at work.
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I used a pair like these, with passive noise cancellation, on a plane and they were actually pretty good. It will not stop the ear pressure due to altitude, but you wont hear a thing
921452
These phones do not cancel out ambient noise. They do seal pretty well around the ears and, as far as I can tell, unless the volume is cranked way up, nobody can hear what I'm listening to.
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I'm not sure I can help you in any kind of way : all I can say is : there is a noise reduction switch with 2 positions ON/OFF !
763371
They reduce some of the background noise but not all of it. They are best at reducing regular noises like the hum from air conditioning or air-plane noise. I got them to try and reduce noise from people talking in my office but it didn't really help with that.
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Hi Schmitty,This NC13headphones can reduce up to 87.4% ambient noise when noise canceling circuit isactivated. Thanks. >Joffrey
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.
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I west them to sleep, my spouse snoars a little. They do not block out all noise. I still can hear if there is a load noise or someone (the dog) gets up and moves around in the night.
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Yup. The noise cancelling is turned on with a switch. It's separate from the bluetooth
976686
Not total cancellation. They block out most noise, but no they don't offer active noise cancellation.
1125206
It reduces the ambient noise without increasing the volume. They work great!
1969419
I've been using these for years. Seems to depend on what kinds of sounds you're trying to block. They're good for relatively quiet ambient or distant sounds. They do nothing to block my husband's snoring. Then again, I've not found anything to block that.
1784754
Not particularly good on airplanes as they don't seal out ambient noise. Excellent in the house. I use sennheiser noise canceling units for plane travel.
834054
I'm always being woken up by my neighbors too. Before I go to sleep I put in foam earplugs plus I put on headphones and play soothing music. My headphones were only $30 (not noise cancelling) and I kind of wish I had just shelled out the extra money to buy a some with noise cancelling.
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there is not active noise cancellation while listening that i have noticed. i do not use the microphone function, so i cannot speak to that.