are these noise canceling?
247037
They are passive noise canceling not active. They do not have a switch that turns off ambient noise. The noise canceling being passive means the earcups cover your ear and in the process block out the noise, which they do. These things are amazing. I keep going back to these and I have some higher end Monsters, Beats, and V-Modas.
247038
These are amazing headphones ever. I have enjoyed this so much and would advise anyone looking for a great pair of headphones that they but these.
268109
These are passive noise blockers, no active noise cancellation. But, if you want noise blocking without listening to music, cheap foam earplugs are more practical.
22989
Yes it's noise canceling. The bass is very good and the drivers are incredible. Very good head set.
2049768
According to my experience, they are not noise cancelling but then again, this was never a concern for me. I bought them because they sound really good.
9548
No, These are noise isolating earbuds, not canceling ones; However, if you have any amount of sound playing into them you will have a very hard time hearing around you. With these at a moderate volume I have stood right next to a lawn mower and only managed to hear it quietly under the music I was listening to.
999306
They are not noise-cancelling headphones but they definitely reduce external noise very well. In terms of media playback and such, these are quite possibly the best headphones that you will purchase.
1782434
The ones I have are in my opinion not noise-cancelling. They are just simple high quality headphones.
213469
Not too bad, but of course they're not really designed as noise-cancelling specifically. I wore them on a 14 hour flight from LA to Sydney and it certainly made a difference though.
1246813
Yes, but must be powered on for them to work. There is no "pass -thru" use without noise cancelling. They work fairly well.
1810923
They aren't completely noise-canceling, but they are pretty good. Enough to drown out what I need them to drown out most of the time. :)
480299
No they don't isolate noise even when the noise canceling switch is on. I returned them for something else.
1378946
I don't think so. The noise cancelling comes from the fact that the ear plugs fit inside the canal and thus block out noise just as ear plugs would. In any event they sound fantastic and fit comfortably.
676239
Not really, they're not exactly noise canceling; on louder volumes, you can keep out noise
1076426
Well, they definitely aren't noise cancelling, but in my experience they cancel out enough to make a difference, and would do great on a plane.
1444432
I don't believe they are technically classified as noise-cancelling but I wear them at the gym and I do not have to crank up the volume on headphones to cover external sounds from other noise around me. I can have them at a normal volume and hear my device just fine. With the different ear piece sizes they fit nicely which attributes more to the good sound quality.
1207655
These are not noise canceling headphones. You need noise canceling headphones to mitigate external sounds.
1267987
I'm glad you note "noise REDUCTION" because these are not true "noise-cancelling" just because they cover the ear and block out sound to some extent. Noise cancelling is an extra white noise sound that plays throughout use.