Question by ZakariaI: whats the difference between noise canceling and sound isolating headphones?
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Answer by TommyBoy
Noise canceling is usually when the headphones have an external microphone to listen to your environments noise, then produces a sound of equal frequency to cancel out the outside noise (two of the same frequency’s cancel each other out). Noise isolating just uses padding and soundproofing on the headphones and cushion to block out the exterior noise.
Noise Canceling are usually better, but more expensive.(Bose usually uses this – which explains their price)
Nowadays, many headphones especially in-ear are noise isolating headphones. They just use materials that don’t let sound transfer through easily to isolate your inner ear form the outside, hence, blocking out a good majority.
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