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By John
I think these headphones are great, although they do not block out all of the surrounding sounds, they do contribute greatly to a better listening experience. Although whilst commuting you do find yourself turning the volume up slightly, and the reason why i got these in the first place is so i could reduce the volume of my music. So to not damage my ears in the long run, and to carry on enjoying music. The quality of the sound is good i suppose, although recently i have tried the Bose noise reduction headphone and they are by far superior, in comfort sound and noise reduction capabilities. But for the price of the Sony's, they are well worth the money.
Check the Bose headphones because i have tryed them and they are exceptional.
Bose QuietComfort 15 Acoustic Noise Cancelling headphones
By S. HANCOCK (Norfolk UK)
Have now had my Sony digital NC500 headphones for 6 months and have tried them on 2 long haul air flights, one 10 hr coach ride and in the garden whilst mowing the grass.
On the Air flights the results where amazing and the adaptors fit the plane sockets. They totally eliminated all the various noises and made listen to the movies a real pleasure as the volume need not be set to max with distortion. In fact after 9 hrs continuous use you do NOT want to remove them because then cabin noise seems so loud. Have tried all kinds of earphones, headphones etc and have never found anything very long term comfortable as I wear Specs, but these Sony phones are just right.
On the 10hr coach ride they did exhibit a low frequency booming sound, this could be minimised by the right NC selection, but to be fair the journey was on an extremely bumpy road with loud panel thumping noises, all other noise was eliminated and was still possible to hear MP3s in comfort even if the journey was not.
In the garden the tractor grass cutter noise is reduced to a very acceptable level without having to have my ZEN MP3 player set to max.
They come in a very nice travel case with adaptors, charger and if required battery pack, I am now going to get another set for my wife thereby eliminating the need to take 2 different charges when traveling. Overall they are very impressive, but I have not compared them to any other NC headphones so can not say how much better than other makes.
Could ramble on about the features but they all be done by other reviewers, so if you can afford the price get them.
By Jonathan Rymel (London)
In order to test these headphones before I bought them I went to my local Apple Store, they had the Bose Quiet Comfort 3's, Quite Comfort 15's and these the Sony NC500D's.
The Apple Store is always a noisy place, loads of people + background music.
First the QC3's - Before I tried them I thought that these would be my favourite, they are a brand that is clearly linked to top of the range performance and quality and I liked the style. However, when I tried them on I found them really uncomfortable. The only way I can describe them is that although they cancelled a lot of the noise I still felt like I could feel the noise! Think of it like this, if I go into a loud environment like a night club or if you have every experienced concord taking off at Heathrow, you often don't so much as hear noise but you can feel it battering your ear drums. When I wore these headphones I could still feel my ear drums flexing, in fact it felt worse! My wife describe it like someone trying to stick a straw down your ear to suck out the innards. Not to mention that I could still hear quite a lot.
Second the QC15's. Initially I wasn't as keen on these as the QC 3's but again as they were Bose I thought they would be amazing. Although these cover the entire ear the noise cancellation was almost the same as the QC3's. Although they were more comfortable! they just didn't work well enough.
Finally, these the NC500D's... Excellent, very very comfortable and far (far...far) better noise cancelling performance than either Bose. When I put these on I really noticed just how noisy the store was! The sound cancelling quality was excellent and music play back was also stunning. I immediately wanted these!
So why only 4 instead of 5 stars, well I don't think the 99% is an accurate figure! When they were switched on without playing music, they didn't completely cancel out the background noise I could still hear voices although they were significantly reduced and having said that, when I was listening to music, even at a low level I couldn't hear anything else but the music. I could easily give 5 star's, I do love them...
By G. Hardy (Manchester)
Worth every penny.
I know found myself lowering the volume when listening to music as the headset eliminates noises.
It is almost a magical experience when the world around gets quieter.
I tried the Bose and the Sony is just as good for a fraction of the price and it comes with more accessories.
By Clapoti (Berlin)
I was amazed at those headphones, the sound is pretty good, but what impressed me the most was the noise cancelling. I didn't know that my office was so loud :P I wish I could have kept them, but unfortunately maybe my head is a bit too big, but they were hurting my jaw after a while of wearing them. That's why I give 3 stars... luckily I could send them back thanks to Amazon.
I would recommend those headphones to anybody who want awesome noise cancelling headphones... but do try them first.
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