Does the noise canceling work when not playing music? On planes I often just want NC without music
449351
It does buffer out a lot, but with music it is amazing. I've made across the world trips with none of the headaches and fatigue from the past. I would not think this is the best answer for use without music.
449352
Yes it does. They're battery powered. So just switch it on, and it will do its job. However, I dont think this would be a good choice if you are not planning to play audio through them. They reproduce audio fantastically, but their noise cancelling ability is just so so.
449353
Yes. That said, the NC on these headphones is not as good as Bose. I knew that when buying them. The fact is Bose has great NC, but lousy sound. These have great sound, but the NC isn't quite as good as Bose. It depends what your priority is. Mine was great sound first, NC second, because the times I use headphones when I don't really need NC, I still want great sound.
572485
Elisa, they do work without any music playing but you do hear a not more of the surrounding noise. The more expensive models I have tried do a little better job without music. But not considerably better.
1538514
I would say about 90 percent of the outside noise is cancelled by the headphones but there is no difference when you turn on the noise canceling feature.
694620
I've traveled on airplanes with these headphones many times, plugged into my iPod Touch (and most recently an iPhone). While not noise-cancelling, they really do muffle out a lot of the noise. Usually I'm listening to jazz or rock while traveling and the headphones sound great.
881372
There not noise cancelling. However, the base is such that it renders noise cancelling irrelevant. And after all, that's all noise cancelling is- exaggerated base.
1997073
Noise cancelling reduces background noise whatever it is, air conditioning, people talking, etc. It does not eliminate the sounds, but noise cancelling does reduce it.
1364060
Usually the noise cancelling headphones (including those) are mostly for low-frequency noise (like airplane or street noise, or computer fan, etc), so they don't protect from chatter much. In fact, in airplane it's easier to hear what people say in headphones than without them.
1456412
No, not really. If they have a good fit in the ear canal, there is some noise reduction but I would not say it is significant. Make sure to know that the NC does not cancel out talking "noise", it does its best work canceling out lower frequencies (such as on an airplane).
325136
Probably not. The noise cancellation works best for higher frequency continuous sounds like an airplane engine.
1695963
I did use it on airplane and noise isolation was acceptable. It is not the same as active noise cancellation but if you keep volume high enough and use right tips, you should be able to achieve decent isolation
1480405
Not actively, you will get a small amount of isolation but not cancellation. It only filter low end and high end noises. I have central heating. It it noisy but with these on it gets a little quieter and lot quieter when I turn on the cancellation. I actually find they do not work well on airplane (too much still gets through, I had to use earplugs just lightly put in for partial blockage in addition for them to block enough noise) but when I was riding buses they worked great.
1140318
Yes, you can. I have used that feature on airplanes when I did not want to listen to music but wanted to drown out the airplane noise.
2051325
Using the controller, yes. There's a "stop" button and a slider to turn off noise cancelling. I hope that answers your question.
1742023
I think the answer is technically no. But I tested it using Will I Am Scream & Shout and found there are "3" settings: 1) passive - no NC no AMP, just the normal feed, and weakest setting; 2) NC - the noise cancelling setting amps the sound a little more with the benefit of reducing/eliminating background white noise; and 3) AMP - doesn't have NC, but sound comes through stronger. NOTE: to me, perceptively the NC pretty much does sound like the AMP, just weaker, and there is a volume control on the headset so if you adjust it higher it sounds to be just as solid as the AMP setting (you just won't get as much). It seems the AMP makes it go to 11--and sans NC. Hope that helps.
1089400
You can hear fine. They are NOT noise canceling - you can definitely hear airplane noise. When off the plane they sound much better than the noise canceling ones. Hope that helps.
1906628
I had a headphones like this one, they are just the headsets, i ever had. Now they are broken. They don't have nc, & they don't need it, because they have a very good noise cancelation, just by put him. Even better than phones that really have nc. They isolate almost perfectly the exterior sounds, if they are new, or not starting being old.I have now, the new model, sony mdr-1bt for 300 $, and the isolation is not sow good.I hope that i answered your question.
225210
I have used these on many flights now, and although they do not fully cancel out the noise of the aircraft, they do eliminate a lot of it. when watching a movie or listening to music, I don't even notice the engine noise.