can you listen to music without noise canceling? does the headphones "quit" once the battery dies?
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You can listen to music without using noise cancellation but the sound quality will drastically be reduced. Also the noise cancellation does stop one the batteries die.
264698
Yes you can, although it seems to sound a bit softer. You can continue to listen to music after the batteries die.
264699
Yes You Can Listen Without Noise Canceling. No, The Headphones Will Not Quit Once The Battery Goes Dead. The Battery Is What Powers The Noise Canceling Feature.
264700
Yes, I can hear the music without that, and try many times listen to music without left side
264701
Yes, you can still listen to music without batteries. No, the headphone doesn't "quit" when the battery dies.
264702
The headphones work without noise canceling, the noise canceling is only an option which uses the battery when it is turned on. When the battery dies (after about 72 hours of use) the headphones will still work and play music.
1469239
Yes you can answer the phone. You can listen to music without headphone due to the cover blocking the jack.
1922386
Same question , but there are conflicting answers so I'm going to ask again with a disclaimer...Will the headphones work AT ALL if the battery is dead? I do understand that the noise cancelling functionality, and other advanced acoustics require power - but isn't it programmed to play basic audio if there is no charge? It's kinda crazy that a $10 pair of earphones can work without power buy a $350 device is useless without any power. Again, I'm not asking about full functionality - I need to know whether "bare-bones" audio functionality will work without a charge???
1006826
Yes, you can hear without headphones. BUT the sound quality without headphones is not great. I think it is only 1 speaker.
759714
No, these are not noise cancelling at all. The only noise that is cancelled out is if you crank the volume way up which leads to distortion. If you keep the volume at a decent level you can still hear the outside world fairly well.
1987142
The headphones have both passive and active noise cancellation. There is a switch on the headphones that allows you to turn the active noise cancellation on. However, the size, shape, and insulation of the earcups also provide a bit of passive, unpowered noise cancellation. The passive noise cancellation is passable at best; it'll cover up any low-to-medium volume background noise, but you can still hear some louder things. Hope that helps.
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When music is playing at reasonable volume, they're pretty good at blocking background noise, but not perfect. If you're just wearing them over your ears without input, the noise cancellation is more of a soft noise muffling than anything else. I wouldn't call them "noise-cancelling" so much as "reduces extraneous background noise so you can focus on what's playing".
197755
You can use them with noise cancelling turned off. Just like a normal headset.
1244868
Noise Cancellation is always turned on either wireless or not. If you plug in the wire automatically turns on and via wireless there is a little button on the right side to turn on/off the headphone. iOS does indicate battery charge next to the Bluetooth icon. It is good :)
163562
The headphones will work to play music if the batteries are dead or removed, you just lose the active noise cancelling capability.
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The N-Tunes do a pretty good job of noise cancellation. They aren't "Noise Cancelling Headphones" But i believe they do the job pretty well. :)
772126
Yes, You can listen to music but not control any phone features or talk on the phone. They sound amazing with music and the noise cancelling is great.
185782
No, the headphone part is permeantly connected to the noice cancellation box. I do recommend these headphones. They work really well on airplanes.
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It is required for the noise-cancelling function. They will work as regular headphones without it, but you cannot switch on the noise-cancelling capability.
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A) this does not have active noise cancelling. b) yes, if you plug the cord in it does not use the battery powering the bluetooth connection. so if your battery dies for wireless usage, you can always switch to traditional analog input.
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Greetings from Australia Max. I can confirm that the ATH-ANC9s do indeed play music even when the active noise cancelling is switched off. It is a great benefit when you are on a long plane flight for example and you forgot to change your old battery before departure. I used to own the Bose QC15s previously, and always hated it when the battery went flat and the headphones stopped working effectively. The ANC9s don't suffer from this problem. There is a noticeable degradation of bass and volume, but well within tolerable limits. The battery lasts a lot longer in my ANC9s than they ever did in the Bose Greetings from Australia Max. I can confirm that the ATH-ANC9s do indeed play music even when the active noise cancelling is switched off. It is a great benefit when you are on a long plane flight for example and you forgot to change your old battery before departure. I used to own the Bose QC15s previously, and always hated it when the battery went flat and the headphones stopped working effectively. The ANC9s don't suffer from this problem. There is a noticeable degradation of bass and volume, but well within tolerable limits. The battery lasts a lot longer in my ANC9s than they ever did... » Read More Greetings from Australia Max. I can confirm that the ATH-ANC9s do indeed play music even when the active noise cancelling is switched off. It is a great benefit when you are on a long plane flight for example and you forgot to change your old battery before departure. I used to own the Bose QC15s previously, and always hated it when the battery went flat and the headphones stopped working effectively. The ANC9s don't suffer from this problem. There is a noticeable degradation of bass and volume, but well within tolerable limits. The battery lasts a lot longer in my ANC9s than they ever did in the Bose « Show Less
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Hi Jennifer, You can hear music with these in 2 ways: with the noise cancelling on (which will reduce the surrounding sounds but will consume the baterry) and with the noise cancelling off (which will work just like a regular headphones) Keep in mind that the pads are not very soft so is uncomfortable to wear them for several hrs.