How is the sound isolation on these ? Can anybody hear what are you listening to ?
921450
Not unless you have it really loud..You don't need the volume high to enjoy these. So for the most part no, no one should be able to hear your music..
921451
Because there is significant padding, I don't think others can hear. I absolutely love these headphones and recommend highly. They are comfortable to wear, but because they sit over the ear, they can cause pressure if you wear glasses.
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.
921453
The sound isolation is pretty great. Nobody can ever hear what I'm listening to, and at mid to higher volumes I can't hear anything around me. Once you turn the volume down pretty low, you can hear outside noise, but for the most part they cancel noise ridiculously well for the price. Comparable to headphones that cost twice as much and more.
921454
No sound leakage and excellent sound isolation.I bought these headphones only because I love to listen to some music, but don't want to disturb people around me. After two months of everyday usage so far I don't have any complains about sounds leakage and as I tested on other people it is not just politeness of people around me.The same is with sound isolation. When I am wear headphones I usually don't hear much of anything else. Perhaps in an industrial setting or children playground this wouldn't be true, but for the office or home environments these headphones isolate noises pretty well. No sound leakage and excellent sound isolation.I bought these headphones only because I love to listen to some music, but don't want to disturb people around me. After two months of everyday usage so far I don't have any complains about sounds leakage and as I tested on other people it is not just politeness of people around me.The same is with sound isolation. When I am wear headphones I usually don't hear much of anything else. Perhaps in an industrial setting or children playground this wouldn't be true, but for the office or home environments these headphones... » Read More No sound leakage and excellent sound isolation.I bought these headphones only because I love to listen to some music, but don't want to disturb people around me. After two months of everyday usage so far I don't have any complains about sounds leakage and as I tested on other people it is not just politeness of people around me.The same is with sound isolation. When I am wear headphones I usually don't hear much of anything else. Perhaps in an industrial setting or children playground this wouldn't be true, but for the office or home environments these headphones isolate noises pretty well. « Show Less
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No worries there's no sound leakage. Nobody will be able to hear what you are listening
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I have to disagree entirely with this post. I just got these headphones for Xmas, and while sound quality is great with cancellation on and does stop outside noises well, the sound leakage is quite apparent. I wanted them as something to use at the office but I'm not sure I can now. While I don't know how much of an issue it would be on the plane, I'm pretty sure I would be able to hear whatever is playing for someone using them quite easily. I'm torn about returning them now. They sound great and the price is awesome, but the leakage is definitely an issue to think about. If you cannot deal with leakage I would not get these. I have to disagree entirely with this post. I just got these headphones for Xmas, and while sound quality is great with cancellation on and does stop outside noises well, the sound leakage is quite apparent. I wanted them as something to use at the office but I'm not sure I can now. While I don't know how much of an issue it would be on the plane, I'm pretty sure I would be able to hear whatever is playing for someone using them quite easily. I'm torn about returning them now. They sound great and the price is awesome, but the leakage is definitely an issue to think about. If you cannot... » Read More I have to disagree entirely with this post. I just got these headphones for Xmas, and while sound quality is great with cancellation on and does stop outside noises well, the sound leakage is quite apparent. I wanted them as something to use at the office but I'm not sure I can now. While I don't know how much of an issue it would be on the plane, I'm pretty sure I would be able to hear whatever is playing for someone using them quite easily. I'm torn about returning them now. They sound great and the price is awesome, but the leakage is definitely an issue to think about. If you cannot deal with leakage I would not get these. « Show Less
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For noise isolation they work great, classical I find rather underwhelming. Perhaps due to the small or lack of sound-stage, although when I used them with a dac/amp on my PC it improved that aspect by a large amount. Still, I find them lacking in the classical genre and quite a few others, except perhaps hip-hop/electronic music which I don't listen to that much of anymore.
1782434
The ones I have are in my opinion not noise-cancelling. They are just simple high quality headphones.
88591
I think they're pretty good at noise isolation. If I'm playing music at normal volume through my phone speaker and put the headphones on without plugging them in, I can't really hear the music at all. I do this every morning when I'm leaving for work, and I'm always surprised that it works so well.
933981
It seems to me that there is minimal (if any) sound leakage from these headphones. I have been using them for about a year now in various environments and no one has ever indicated that they heard what I was listening to.
62651
They work well. Key word is "isolate." I could still hear outside noises; they simply did not interfere with (or dampen the quality of) whatever I was playing in my ears. (...as mentioned by others.) Love the price. Will purchase a couple more sets.
1916886
I would consider these headphones to be only fair in isolation. You can hear quite a bit going on "outside".
2178958
Noise cancelling, which actively cancels out incoming sounds, is not found on this headset. Noise isolating, which passively blocks incoming sounds, is what this set of headphone does, and it does a descent job. You can still hear external sound, but it's muffled. I used these on a plane recently and they worked just fine. I would give these a 7 or 8 on a scale of 1 (hear all external noise) to 10 (hear no external noise).
610923
Hi Jobin - You know, I really don't use them much, so I really can't comment. I went back and see if they work, and they do, and there doesnt seem too much background noise. Hope that helps.
1257572
If you want noise isolation, look into sennheiser 280. They were too boomy for my tastes, and squeezed your brains out of your head.
1140928
For me personally they are great I hear no sounds other than what I am listening to while using them.
1161046
They are not noise canceling, but the isolation is fantastic. I have not had any problems with external noise while wearing these. The only disadvantage is they are a little large for carrying around.
2269897
They are good for noise cancellation of regular conversation. I use them at work and can't hear the other workers. I work in an open call center type of setup.
719237
I'm not sure if noise isolation is the same as hearing protection, but I do use them when operating my riding lawnmower and my gas chainsaw, and that sound is minimized to where I can hear and enjoy music from my ipod. When the music is not playing the sound is lessened so much that many times I have to pull out 1 plug so I can tell when the chainsaw/mower starts so I can adjust the choke to complete the start.
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These are not noise canceling so you can hear a little. However, I listen to music pretty much on full blast and my husband can only hear very soft, muffled sound when sitting next to me but not enough to make out what I'm listening to or disturb the pertain next to you. If you're goal is total silence then you need to pay up for the nose canceling style.