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I'm in the market for noise-cancelation headphones
I'm quite new to this specific field, and have no idea what to buy. My requirements are simply:
I'm currently (seriously) considering the Creative Aurvana X-Fi, but it IS kind of at the top of my price range! Thanks. Jam it back in, in the dark.
Last edited by Zergrinch; Dec 11, 2007 at 09:52 AM.
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well, don't know what you want to use them for, but i would recommend sonys blue hooky ones (MDR - J10's) £4 in the uk and in the US about the same round about $8; Amazon.com: mdr - j10
my friends a dj and uses sennheiser, round about £150 ($300) supposedly very good headphones for noise cancellation and sound quality, unfortunately i don't have a make or model, but i found these which look like them, but i can only go on my friends recommendation. Amazon.co.uk: Sennheiser HD280pro Closed DJ/Monitor Headphone: Electronics & Photo couldn't find them on amazon america though sorry. There's nowhere I can't reach.
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yeah, the sennheiser HD280 pros are awesome for the price.
also check out: Beyerdynamic DT 770 M AKG K 271 S beyerdynamic DT 250-80 check out headphone.com they have pretty good reviews, and sometimes even have response curves. This thing is sticky, and I don't like it. I don't appreciate it. |
Rule #1 for new headphones: TEST THEM. Not the sound, or the looks but fit. There's nothing worse than spending $X00 on freaking sweet sound headphones when they'll kill your ears after 30mins of use.
Btw, personal experience. I am a dolphin, do you want me on your body? |
Do elaborate on your experience.
What ruined the purchase of your freaking sweet sound headphone? Didn't fit the shape of your head? I was speaking idiomatically. |
Of course, I tried it several times and in many ways, but it always ended in the same way. So... test them! What kind of toxic man-thing is happening now? |
Ears on fire? Perhaps you were playing music too loud...?
FELIPE NO |
Seriously, never buy headphones without doing some testing first. (Specially if you have big ears) * Eh... most of this headphones apply a higher pressure to the ears than regular headphones. What, you don't want my bikini-clad body?
Last edited by Grilled Carrots; Jan 17, 2008 at 01:36 AM.
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Yeah, I've owned a pair or two of headphones that just felt plain old uncomfortable. Either too much pressure on my ears, didn't fit quite right, kept snagging hairs off my head, or a ton of other little annoyances that can happen.
Jam it back in, in the dark. |
Hmmm, I shall certainly take your recommendations into account! I fell in love with the noise cancellation provided by Creative, but I surely didn't put it on for 30 minutes.
There's nowhere I can't reach. |
Ask around on head-fi. A few members are full of shit, but you can find good reviews there, just don't get carried away.
Creative is garbage, I wouldn't touch anything by them. And BOSE is a scam. Lowe has a pair of Audio Technica A900 closed headphones (which are very awesome) which he claims cancel a lot of noise, but since they aren't actual noise canceling headphones I couldn't tell you how much reduction it is. I suggest staying away from Sennheiser as well, they're well known for the Sennheiser Veil(tm). Lowe pawned a pair of HD595s to get A900s, and he says the 595s couldn't compare. Even though both are $200 headphones. Oh, and I couldn't put it any better: [20:27] <Lowe> noise cancellation is a scam [20:27] <Lowe> my a900s cancel out more noise than you'd everneed IMO just get some closed audiophile headphones. Most of them should reduce outside sound by around 8-18 db. This thing is sticky, and I don't like it. I don't appreciate it.
Last edited by Cam; Feb 15, 2008 at 09:30 PM.
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Be wary about headphones that cancel out ambient noise -- wearing them for long periods can actually make you nauseous or dizzy.
I get that reaction sometimes, and I'm only wearing in-canal earbuds. How ya doing, buddy? |
IIRC, that happens because the noise canceling earbuds use your ear canals to produce low frequencies, some people is affected by this stuff.
I was speaking idiomatically. |
Noise-canceling headphones block noise by using a microphone to pick up ambient noise and then reversing the polarity and playing the sound back into the ear, neutralizing (so to speak) the ambient noise. In lower quality headphones, the effect can be noticeable. Of course, high quality in-ear monitors are preferable to any noise canceling headphone, from both decibel reduction and sound quality standpoints. What kind of toxic man-thing is happening now? |
In-ear headphones can't compare to larger headphones sound-quality wise, though.
FELIPE NO |
Sure they can, if they're good enough. A pair of ER4s or E500s sounds just as good as any full-size headphone, only smaller. Certainly, a pair of custom molded Ultimate Ears or Sensaphonics monitors sound better than most other headphones, period.
What, you don't want my bikini-clad body? |
Eww... that sounds like fanboy discussion.
Jam it back in, in the dark. |
The in-ear route is awesome. I made a journal entry on headphones about six months back and Piccolo led me to some ER-4s. I can play an MP3 player at moderate volume with those babies, all while inside of a noisy-ass chopper and it still blocks out all the noise. Plus it's *better* for your ears. As opposed to big headphones sometimes blaring louder to overcome outside noise, these are basically earplugs with a stem and a sound filter (not the right name I'm sure). As a result of this, it barely plays the music/sound that loud at all and it'll reach your senses just the same.
There's nowhere I can't reach.
Hey, maybe you should try that thing Chie was talking about.
Last edited by Gechmir; Feb 19, 2008 at 11:04 PM.
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I'll admit, I didn't really read the post... but whatever. I've tried a couple ENC headsets, well, just one really - but it was in a DHC-2 radial beaver (loud as fuck). But if I were you, I'd try out the David Clark H20-10XLs, very nice (and comfortable)
David Clark Company H20-10XL/XP This thing is sticky, and I don't like it. I don't appreciate it.
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