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By Maverick
The sound is so good. The noise cancelling is good. The only thing is the switch is too big and sometime could be trouble
By S. P. Long (Cambridge)
When Sony launched the first in-ear noise-cancelling headphones, the MDR-NC10, I got a friend to buy me a set in Japan, as they weren't available in the UK at the time. They were a revelation - very effective noise-cancelling, particularly on long flights, and excellent sound quality. The only snag with them was that they weren't that comfortable - the earplugs were fixed and quite large, and could irritate your ears after a while.
When I saw that the follow-up model, the NC11, had three different sizes of earplug, it looked as if Sony had addressed my one complaint about the NC10, so I bought a set. Yes, the earplugs are lighter and more comfortable than on the NC10, but unfortunately the noise-cancellation is nowhere near as good. The NC10 did seem to genuinely get rid of the rumble of jet engines - as you turned them on, you could hear the noise recede. All the NC11 seems to do is to hiss loudly - there is a degree of noise attenuation, but it is nowhere near as effective as on the NC10. I'm not convinced that actually, all that the NC11 does, is hiss loudly enough to drown out other sounds.
I went back to my NC10s, which still work well. I may upgrade to Sony's new digital in-ear noise cancelling phones when they launch this year, but I'd advise people not to bother with the NC11.
By Xavier Aranda (Barcelona, Catalonia)
I read other reviews before buying and writing this, and I must say I agree with most: if there is not really a background noise to cancell, there is an annoying hiss, like a SSSSSSSSSSS, but then, you can switch noise cancelling off (you do not need it if there is no background noise to cancell) In a plane, you do not notice the hiss, but noise cancellation is not complete, just a good reduction (I did not expect more for this price) that you can notice when you switch them off. On top of that, ear buds provide a good isollation by themselves, and sound quality is Ok (but I am not too demanding on this point). In a train or similar places, I have notice the hiss can still be audible while some noise is cacelled, so it will depend what annoys you most: I personally tend to get habituated to the hiss in less than a minute, so I still use them in these situations.
By S. Lopez De Atxer (Barcelona, Spain)
Canceling function works pretty fine. Earphones are comfortable and the fact that they are served with 3 different sizes of plugs is really handy. Yet, bass is overly exaggerated: so the after the nice noise cancelling and confort, the sound you end up getting is a little bit disapointing.
By SpeedBlue (Edinburgh)
These look great - beautifully designed earphones and a cool (StarTrek inspired?) noise-cancelling controller. I've had several Sony headphones in the past and I like Sony's sound, preferring them to Sennheiser for example.
So I put in a battery, plugged the jack into my MP3 player and slid the earphones into my ears. Then I switched ON the noise cancellation. SSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS.
I switched OFF the noise cancellation and the electronic tinnitus stopped.
In a quiet environment these are bl**dy annoying. Really irritating.
I've since used them on a plane and they are OK - but the noise cancellation works to such a small extent and they are physically more cumbersome than conventional Sony buds. I'll probably never use them again.
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