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Sony MDR-NC20 Noise Canceling Headphones with Foldable Headband

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Sony MDR-NC20 Noise Canceling Headphones with Foldable Headband

Binding: Electronics

$106.34

Features:

Reduces exterior noise by more than 70 percent (10 dB) so you can hear music against a quieter background
Closed-ear design for even strong isolation from outside sound
30 mm drivers deliver deep bass down to 16 Hz and provide outstanding dynamic range
Folding headband and pivoting earpads simplify storage in a backpack, briefcase, or purse

Sony MDR-NC20 Noise Canceling Headphones with Foldable Headband

Sony MDR-NC20 Noise Canceling Headphones with Foldable Headband

Customer Reviews:

Avg. Customer Rating: 3.5 / 5.0

Probably the best of the conventional noise cancelers...:

The fact that noise-canceling headphone reviews were all over the place made figuring out what to buy kind of difficult. I decided to buy the Sennheiser HDC451s ($80), the Sony MDR-NC20s ($120), and the Aiwa HP-CN5 ($50), and the Etymotic ER-6 ($130), try them all, and then return the three I liked least. Bose makes what are probably the industry standard but they weren't any better reviewed than the others and at $299, I wasn't interested.

Here's what I found:

Comfort: Kind of subjective, but in my... more info

GREAT!! for the bus or plane, otherwise GOOD:

These invert ambient sound in lower frequencies, feeding the inverted signal into the speakers on top of the sound from your cd player, etc. The effect is that low frequency ambient sounds such as the roar of jet engines, the drone of bus tires against asphalt, traffic, loud airconditioners, etc. are cancelled. That lets you listen to music at a normal (non deafening) volume in an otherwise noisy environment. EXCELLENT for destressing a commute or plane trip. Compared to other headphones, I rate these GOOD... more info

Sony Noise Cancelling Headphones are GREAT!:

I travel a LOT. Fly on everything from TurboProps to Airbus A-320's and 757's. I've never been able to sleep on aircraft and lately, my tolerance for noise and screaming kids has gone to near zero. Well, that's what the Sony MDRNC-20 noise cancelling headphones have given me, ..... nearly zero noise on flights. My last two flights (this week) were on two SAAB TurboProp commuter aircraft and two A-320's and I could not hear the engines with these headphones on. I also use a Sony R70 MiniDisk Recorder /... more info

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