These cancel the noise
499090
yes. in fact, when my boyfriend wears it, i can hear what he listens to, but he can't hear me.
52323
They are not for listening. They are for protecting your ears from loud sounds.
2197737
They do dampen noise so that if you are playing drums you will not hurt your ears. They quiet things down a bit but do not eliminate total noise.
1199154
I have to second Joe M's answer. The most effective noise reduction solution is a set of cheap foam ear plugs.
195668
It should cancel out the noise, but they are a bit bulky. If you want to hear voices some others allow those sounds to be heard while filtering the white noise. If you don't care about voices, these are great and very affordable.
367495
They don't CANCEL noise. That constitutes destructive interference, and requires a circuit to 'hear' the sound and duplicate it in reverse to 'cancel out' the sound. These ISOLATE. Quite well.
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.
2181700
These are "noise isolating", the battery powered ones are "noise canceling".
1897726
Yes, they absorb sound. It won't be completely sound proof but it surely will dampen noise.
1207655
These are not noise canceling headphones. You need noise canceling headphones to mitigate external sounds.
367497
They cancel out noise well enough, especially while you have music playing. There's a variety of the rubber ear pieces that come with the headphones so you are sure to have some that fit your ears appropriately.
807721
They have noise isolation there is some difference between isolation and cancellation-see link-http://www.howtogeek.com/howto/44328/htg-explains-how-do-noise-reducing-headphones-work/
1302095
I do not believe so. I think I remember while doing my research, that these are not noise cancelling but that the snug plug and the sound essentially block out any outside noise. I hope this helps.
1782434
The ones I have are in my opinion not noise-cancelling. They are just simple high quality headphones.
480299
No they don't isolate noise even when the noise canceling switch is on. I returned them for something else.
103992
These are not noise cancelling, they are noise isolating with the rubber piece that goes in you ear acts like ear plugs. That being said I have used these on my lawn tractor that is pretty loud and they work great I can barely hear the mower even with the music off. You will have no problem hearing the music
951954
No. These are noise dampening only, check out the PXC 460 model for true noise cancellation.