does anyone have experience with noise cancelling headphones?
How good are they (in cancellation and overall sound quality).

The Bose are supposed to be good, does anyone have them?

Matt




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CSP Audio wrote:
does anyone have experience with noise cancelling headphones?
How good are they (in cancellation and overall sound quality).

They are good on repetitive low-frequency noise. Piston engine aircraft
noise almost disappears. On higher frequency jet noise they are not as
effective. Overall sound quality is certainly good enough for voice
applications.

The Bose are supposed to be good, does anyone have them?

Bose makes several different lines, from pilot models that are pretty
effective, down to some cheapies that are pretty much worthless. Likewise
Sennheiser makes a couple good ones and a couple lousy ones too.

Absolute necessity if you're working out of an open helicopter.
--scott

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effective. Overall sound quality is certainly good enough for voice
applications.

how about music, I'm thinking about the Bose QuietComfort 2 Acoustic Noise
Cancelling headphones

CSP Audio wrote:
"Scott Dorsey" schreef in bericht
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effective. Overall sound quality is certainly good enough for voice
applications.

how about music, I'm thinking about the Bose QuietComfort 2 Acoustic Noise
Cancelling headphones

Those are the mid-grade ones, and I have to admit that I have not tried them
yet. I've tried the Tripath cheapies, which are not very useful, and I have
tried the Aviation Headset X, which actually works pretty well.

None of these are really useful for critical listening of music, but they
might be okay for AM-radio type stuff. They aren't really intended for
fidelity as much as intelligibility and they all have some weird presence
peak stuff going on to get better intelligibility. This is a very good thing
in high-noise environments.
--scott

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Hello Matt,

On Tue, 15 Jun 2004 19:40:20 +0200, "CSP Audio"
wrote:

does anyone have experience with noise cancelling headphones?
How good are they (in cancellation and overall sound quality).

The Bose are supposed to be good, does anyone have them?

Matt


CSP Audio
www.csp-audio.com

Not exactly active noise cancelling models but:

http://www.trewaudio.com/hn7506.htm

I got to listen to some of the Bose active cancelling headphones this
past weekend. Sounded okay as headphones with a comfortable open air
feel. Didn't do an A/B but felt ear buds did just as good of job
cancelling engine rumble.

Best,
Andy

In article writes:

does anyone have experience with noise cancelling headphones?
How good are they (in cancellation and overall sound quality).

I have the Sennheiser HX-250 (I think) which I use on airplanes.
They're so-so headphones, but reduce the low frequency noise and I
feel less tired after wearing them on a flight.

If you're dreaming about using noise-cancelling headphones to mix a
recording at a concert, forget it. They're no good for that. They
don't make the world go away, not by a long shot. Not even the
expensive ones (these were about $60 as factory refurbished units).


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