Excellent Noise-Cancellation but Subdued Sound
Since I travel a lot, I was excited to learn about Sennheiser's new noise-canceling earbuds; I have a Sennheiser over-the-ear set of headphones that has good sound but which drives me nuts after a few hours of wearing them. I find ear-canal headphones more comfortable for longer usage, plus they have the advantage of taking up less space in my bag.
These are not standard earbuds. Sennheiser has attached a battery-operated (one AAA battery, included) noise-cancelation control box a little more than halfway down the cord. Even though the control box contains the battery, it is lightweight and positioned low enough so that it doesn't tug on the earbuds. You control all of the features from it: noise-cancelation on/off, volume, mode, and mute. The noise-cancelation is "active" -- that is, you have to power it on or else the set operates like regular in-ear headphones. The Talk-Through button is especially welcome since you can instantly stop the sound, even though it may...
Stunning earbuds
I use noise canceling headphones every day in a very crowded computer lab where there are well over 1000 running servers. I bought Sennheiser's PXC-450 set last year when I finally grew very weary of the Bose QC-15 headphones which cancel noise and give me splitting headaches with equal ease. I was unaware that Sennheiser made noise canceling earbuds and was very interested in trying them out and comparing them to the PXC-450's..
The CXC-700 earbuds are very lightweight and they are very comfortable. It is rare for me to find a set of earbuds that are comfortable and these earbuds are among the most comfortable I have ever used. There are two types of earbuds, those that fit into the ear canal and those that place a speaker at the entrance of the ear canal (much like Apple's buds). The CXC-700's are of the former type and usually I struggle to get comfortable with this type. However, they fit into my ear canal with little effort and actually seal in better than most. This...
Were The Best In-Ear NC Headphones I Have Used now 2nd best
As someone who travels a fair bit, I am a big fan of noise canceling headphones. I own both the Bose and Sennheiser over the ear units so was eager to give these a try as an option to lighten the load in my carry on bags.
I have tried in-ear NC units in the past, such as the offering from Sony. I usually gave them away or tossed them in a drawer. My experience with most in-ear NC units is that the active noise canceling does almost nothing. You simply wind up cranking the volume to a point that you block ambient sound. Thus, expectations were not great, fortunately I was in for a pleasant surprise.
Lets start with the noise canceling. After all, if that is not important to you then just buy a standard set of head phones. This is where I was also most impressed. On a recent Airbus flight I turned them on with nothing playing. I wanted to see if the active noise canceling made a difference. Indeed, it did. Sennheiser has taken a unique approach in...
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