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sound cancelling headphones you have experienced?
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I like these... Ety Hf5 with Custom Moulds....
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Welly
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I travel a fair amount for work, so I periodically try to find decent solutions for improving listening on airplanes.
I've tried a variety of over-the-ear active noise-cancelling headphones as well as in-ear phones, which are more noise-isolating.
I haven't tried the latest round of offerings, but at least of a couple of years ago, I had yet to find any over-the-ear actives that could truly best my Etymotic in-ear headphones - especially considering the big difference in ease of carrying and stowing them.
Ety's aren't cheap, though, and now there seem to be a lot more higher-end in-ear (as well as active over the ear) phones. But for airplane use, you owe it to yourself to at least audition some good in-ears.
The Sennheiser PCX-450 are lovely, and PCX-350's are still better than anything from Bose that I have heard (not to mention the moral implications of buying something from Bose).
HiFi+ mag (Alan Sircom) just did a review of the AKG N60 noise cancelling on ear headphones, and rated it superior to all the others both in noise cancelling and overall sound. $249. I haven't heard it so I have no opinion.
Listening to them right now - Bose QC20.Very good noise canceling, on planes they cancel mostly the low frequency noise and let you actually hear the low frequencies in the music.
The sound quality is quite good, and not just compared to other noise cancelling earphones. They are very musical with good bass and nice 3-dimensional midrange. Treble may be a bit rolled off but not excessively so. The only earphones I have which sound better, are my Shure SE215, and it's a closer call than you might think. I'm perfectly happy to listen to the QC20 without feeling that I'm missing anything.
The $300 price seems excessive unless you really need the noise-canceling feature. I would say for the sound quality alone they should sell for about $150. Throw in another $100 for the best noise canceling technology (Bose is really good at this) and another $50 for all the Bose marketing.
See the review below which pretty much covers everything.
Edits: 08/02/15
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