How would these do at blocking sound from a TV? My wife is looking for headphones to listen to music while in the same room as me while I have football game on.... Would these do the trick? I've been looking into noise cancelling headphones, but they don't really seem designed for this purpose. Thanks How would these do at blocking sound from a TV? My wife is looking for headphones to listen to music while in the same room as me while I have football game on.... Would these do the trick?... » Read More How would these do at blocking sound from a TV? My wife is looking for headphones to listen to music while in the same room as me while I have football game on.... Would these do the trick? I've been looking into noise cancelling headphones, but they don't really seem designed for this purpose. Thanks « Show Less
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Just did the testing and the results are very good for you Tucker! These headphones will definitely do the job.
1946652
Absolutely! These are hands down the best headphones under $400 easy.. You will find yourself listening to them just as much.
1946653
I used them a few times around a TV and they work great for noise canceling. The only reason I got them is because noise canceling (I spend a lot of time in school and I have really loud classmates). Like I mentioned before don't get white color, they look great but they get really dirty, after a few hours they hurt your hears ( pressure of headphones against your ears) but they can be folded out, and they are a little bit heavy (it just gets annoying when I drop a pencil or I have to get drink of water I have to hold my headphones because if I don't they fall off).
1946654
The noise canceling on these is so-so, but will block out some sound. If you've got people over and the t.v. turned way up they won't be much help, but for most purposes these work nicely. I use them when vacuuming sometimes for instance and mostly I here the music.
1946655
There definitely long enough for a tv and from four feet away you should even hear them
2269829
yes, actually I prefer my TV volume will be off otherwise create double sounds, and yes the headphones produce great sounds.I'm satisfied with my purchased! I hope this answer will help!
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.
128830
Actually, just buying a decent pair of headphones would be a better solution. TV ears are meant for helping the hard-of-hearing when others are also watching the TV. Just plug in headphones, and this should turn the speakers off, and you'll get a much better quality of sound out of the headphones than the TV ears. Also, headphones are much cheaper than TV ears.
364364
Not quite sure how to respond..... none of my rear speakers worked while watching TV...only exception was watching a couple of HD HBO stations... for some reason, it worked only with these
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 )
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They'll block out a lot of noise, however if you're in an abnormally loud vehicle or other situation where there's a consistent droning noise you may want to look for active noise canceling headphones. If the sound you're trying to filter out is not loud and consistent active noise canceling will be useless. These headphones do _not_ feature active noise canceling but are closed back and will block out a lot of sound, such as people talking, TV in the room etc.
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In a very quiet setting, maybe. But not loud enough to elicit complaints, I don't think. I routinely listen on them while my wife watches TV, and she's never mentioned it. And she's the type that surely would, if it interfered with her shows!
1681561
85 db compares to busy street noise, or a vacuum cleaner. These headphones in NO WAY come close to being able to block that level of noise with it's so called noise cancellation effect. It can only mask outside noise of that intensity by making it's own noise, that is, by serving in a headphone capacity and playing music or other such input. Noise "cancellation" is a grossly misleading appelation when applied to these headphones. They DON'T block noise to any appreciable extent--not like ear plugs or shooter's headphones do/would... which is what I suggest you need if you're looking to protect your ears, not blow more noise into them.
713796
I do know that if the tv is loud, I can put these earbuds on and not hear the tv. I guess it depends on how loud the machinery is next door. Give them a try as you can always return them if they don't work.
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These are open back headphones so some sound escapes but not that bad really. Depends how loud you listen to things. If the room is quiet and your wife is reading a book next to you, she'll be able to hear whatever you're listening to. Perhaps a closed back design may suite your needs better, but these do sound amazing.
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Yes they can. In fact I had the headphones on last night and forgot to mute the TV for my husband and he could still hear the TV. So my answer would be yes. You have to mute the TV if you do not want the sound coming out of the TV when you use the headphones.
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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.
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I have been using head sets for 15 years. These are the best I have used in this price range. When I am watching TV by myself I turn the sound off on the TV and set the volume on my headset. I do not disturb any one. When I watch TV with my husband or someone else I adjust the volume to my liking on the headset and they turn the volume on the TV to where they want it. The only problem I have is while I am using the headset I can not hear anything else outside the TV. ( no phone, doorbell or anyone talking.) Dolores
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That's a function of the TV and how you connect. Some TV's will auto mute when you plug in to a 3.5mm audio output. You should be OK if you have RCA audio out on your TV. There also might be a latency which causes a slight echo effect for the person using the headphones, but it's bearable, at least for me.
367495
They don't CANCEL noise. That constitutes destructive interference, and requires a circuit to 'hear' the sound and duplicate it in reverse to 'cancel out' the sound. These ISOLATE. Quite well.
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It can block out the majority of noise in loud environments, however noise canceling headphones can end up being louder than some quiet environments. An audible hiss is apparent when it is super quiet. These can be used without a device attached, but the hiss will become noticeable. They will work with any audio device that has a headphone jack. I found the full review of these at "The Wirecutter" very helpful.