Does the jack cord detach from both ends? Also, how loud is the music? I've had some headphones like this (by the way, I'm a farmer that does a lot of work on very loud open air tractors) and they cancel out side noise well but the music is way too low...
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The jack cord has two male connectors and detaches fully from the headphones. The music is loud enough for me--i plug the headphones into my iPhone or my computer at work to cancel the gunpowder charges being used on a rivet gun on the floor right below my office. With the music playing, it does a decent job of keeping me from jumping out of my chair each time they fire the gun. I think it also depends on whether you've had any hearing loss from loud noises, which I have not.
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Well, this is hard to say. But here's my experience. About a year ago I was moving my amp with headphones plugged in. I stepped on the headphone cord and it pulled the jack loose. Neither 'phones nor the speaker worked. I took the amp apart: the jack had pulled off a printed circuit board but otherwise was not damaged. I eventually was able to solder it back on. It took a number of tries, for a while I was only getting the left channel through the 'phones and I had to keep taking things apart and redoing. Finally got everything soldered right. However, now something is a bit loose and the speaker isn't working. If I jiggle the jack I sometimes can get it back. Sometime I'll have to open it up again and resolder things, but right now I am just using it for practice with the 'phones. I suspose if I took it to a pro, maybe I could get it done up totally right. However, I am too cheap and sometimes I have found that sometimes pros refuse to work on a something because they either don't deal with the brand, or perhaps in this case, decide the way to go is replace the whole circuit board.
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I lost my red plug. But I did find that if you use a auxillary cord to a phone or mp3 player it will take the sound away as well. It drove me crazy till I figured that out!! Good luck
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I have a pair of these and I love them. The jack is at a 45 degree angle (never saw that before). I use them with my computer, my LG smartphone and my Acer tablet. All work the same. For the best sound, follow the suggestion for burning in the drivers.
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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.
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The head phones, listening to Audio Books - NOT at full volume - keep my Garden Tractor mower soft - sometimes I can barely hear the mower. If I turned up the volume, I am sure it would muffle the sound completely.
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I have not experienced cord noise with this set, I did a bunch of research on these prior to purchase and many write up's warned of a fragile connection, while many others indicated its not a problem if you follow the instructions for inserting into your ear and more importantly removing them, its simple, Shure doesn't recommend using the cord to pull them from your ear, simple enough, use the body of the earbud to remove.
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I use mine with a head phones without zero turn mower and leaf vac and they work so good that I don't hear the leaf vac running which is very loud. The music plays through the headphones with outstanding quality
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I have never had that problem yet so can't really say. Have you tried different headphones with the same issue? If the other headphones work then it would the connector on you the headphone that doesn't that is the problem, probably a loose wire connection. I use mines with several different headphones and have yet to have an issue with it. And I do use it at least a couple of hours every day.
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ANSWER: The cord is NOT detatchable, other than for replacement purposes. MORE INFO: It isn't difficult (once you figure it out) to remove the cord, however, the process requires somewhat a dismantling of the earpiece. These headphones are designed so that nearly every part can be replaced should it go bad (an awesome feature for those who use these things professionally). Due to the access to the cord leads, it wouldn't be too difficult of a job to modify the headphones in order to install a small jack, making the cord able to detach. But that's more work than it's worth, in my opinion. I have one pair that I have replaced the stock cord with a non-coiled cord, so I know that it is relatively easy. Hope this helps!
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I don't know about external sounds such as lawn mowers. I use it in a gym setting. They work great at the gym and it does block out other people's conversations. If someone starts to talk to me, I do remove the headset to hear them.
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You probably have to use the other end of the cable. Don't know why they did it but that's what I found. Works fine that way. The headphones are great.
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They adjust quite a lot I could say. If you have big ears though like I do, they might be uncomfortable for sometime but I got used to it. About noise cancelling, they don't cancel out as much noise as I expected, but definitely more than most headphones I've had. If you're on the tractor I think you'd have to play your music kinda loud with these headphones.
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I would give Bose a call. I did not experience anything like that. In fact, my cord gets snagged and fly out of the actual headphone all the time and I still don't have a problem like that.
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I found this same issue and resolved it. If you switch between bypass mode (to listen to music without noise cancellation) then to Normal mode, the headphones put the volume all teh way down so that you can't hear your music. You simply have to turn the volume up in Normal mode to listen to music. These headphones work much better than my old folding PXC-250 Sennheiser headphones.
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My teenage son said, "85-90% of sound outside the headphones when music is off." I say, he homeschools next to me while I work and I always have to wave to get his attention because he cannot hear a normal voice when he has them on. I hope that helps.
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Have not had that problem with my pair. Usually that occurs when the cord is not twisted in properly. Otherwise I am not sure what the problem would be, probably the headphone rather than the plug if it's one side only.