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Best noise cancelling headphones? - maggie


Posted: Mar 11, 2012

I am looking for a good set of noise cancelling headphones- i don't want the kind that you have to switch on because i always forget to turn them off and the batteries die.  My friend has a great set of Sony headphones that go over the ear and totally block out sound.  I don't think they make them any more, however.  They were sonyMDR-V600.  But if anyone knows of a good brand that is comfortable over the ears and the head and fits snugly (but not too snugly) and blocks out sound please let me know what you use.

We work in a fairly noisy office, but my main motivation is keeping a certain coworker from starting conversations- if I can't hear her then i don't feel rude not responding.  :)

Thanks!!

I use Sony MDR-NC7 - anonmt

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I paid about $35.00 for them 2 years ago at Target and have used them every day ever since. I also use a Koss EQ50 3-band stereo equalizer attached to them (this helps fine-tune the quality of the sound). The equalizer is what I sometimes forget to turn off, but the batteries last a long time in them too. They are not the $200 Boss but they seriously block out a lot of the sound and certainly would keep you from hearing certain coworkers trying to interrupt your work.

noise cancel headphones - pookbina

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I bought some Able Planet linx audio headphones. They definitely do cancel out the noise. Paid about 90 bucks for them. I can't say they are very comfortable though and I don't know that the sound is that great but they sure do block out the noise. These were extreme noise cancelling headphones.


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