http://www.noise-cancelling-headphones-reviews.com/noise-canceling-headphones/
David Pogue of The New York Times puts to the test headphones that aim to reduce background noise.
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@Thymonico Probably fluctuation based on input from the background.
@iplehguitar I have myself the SennHeiser PXC350 (the so called helmet) and their noise canceling performance are far inferior as the Bose Quiet confort 15. However, I prefer my SennHeiser, because they are not as expensive as Bose and they have no overly exaggerated bass surrounding your music. In fact, I can recognize different kind of bass with my Sennheiser. The wire is more robust too.
What the hell, I checked the prices on the Panasonic & Audio-Technicas, and they are at least DOUBLE the price he claims them to be in the video…
the best all around $17 bucks at k-mart are the COBY cv215 there worth and amazing take from me a sound engineer theese are just as good as bose rich deep bass 110-120db
was this a review for noise canceling headphones?…….or just advertising bose? haha
@GypsySTONNER
If your ears were hearing all that noise, you would know it. You’re right that there’s a lot of energy that needs to go somewhere, but that energy is absorbed by the sources of sound themselves (they heat up ever so slightly). Unintuitive, but that’s where it goes.
listen to the ending he does mention about others that are better deals buts is quick to say it bose bose bose
haha this guy says bose so much he must be sponsored
A friend of mine made his own. He put normal eraphones in and filled his ears with bath sealer, He’s had them in for two years now, even got married with them in, cos he can’t get them out, Cool
:OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
Holy cow!
That’s some amazing and presise technology!
But how do they get these reverse-polarity soundwaves to be in constant antiphase with the ambient soundwaves?
hmm i thought sennheiser got pretty good reviews… but he didnt mention them to be as good as the bose
even though you are hearing much much less, your ears are still picking them up. like a invisable sound that seems to be silent… i don’t know, it’s just a thought that occured to me. i may be wrong, but i think i’m right… lol.
anybody care to reply with an answer or statement?…….
I am a sound mixer, and i know a lot about audio and sound and i have a question…
Say if you’re in a realllly reallly loud room, with a lot ov background noise, and then the headphones reverse the polarity and play them over your song or whatever you are listening to. Doesn’t that mean that you ears are picking up The song, The backround noise, AND The Reversed backround noise……
Wouldn’t that be too much sound for ur ears to handle? causing long-term ear damage faster then normal?
i got Logitech noise cancelling headphones for my desktop, cost me around $250 but the neat thing is that when the batteries run out i can use them as normal headphones..just doesn’t cancel the noise lol..and when i put new batteries its normal headphones and noise cancelling ones =D i love them ..
earbuds are the best,, for those who uses earbuds one lil tip for ya, ,use 2 pads instead of one , , it isolates way more alot of noise and u can hear music so clear ,, ,
if there are any company’s out there watching this video… i love reviewing things like ipod cases and headphones like the one he is reviewing !
so if you want a review from me just message me !
I just got the sennheiser pxc 350′s and they work great , for £130 i was amazed by the quality, and they still work when the batteries run out )unlike the qc3′s
noise reduction just isolates your ear from other noises while noise cancellation has an electronic part to it
what’s the difference?
it works but it reduces noise it doesn’t cancell it
the bose are the qc3
Me too.
I highly doubt that.
The Bose are great! But I’m interested in seeing if the Headphone hack (from kipkay) will work.