I need some recommendations for noise cancelling headphones. I'm in a situation where I refuse to use my earbuds for my iPhone as I found out that the sound damages the ear canal and this is depressing for me personally. I don't care for the Beats By Dre line period.
"If one forces the process, it comes out fake. And to me there's nothing worse than being fake." - Heavy D
1. "You have a lot of options. What's your budget?" In response to Reply # 0
One big distinction is active vs passive noise cancelling (passive can also be called noise isolating). Active involves a microphone taking in outside noise and actively feeding cancelling sounds into whatever you're listening to. The things to consider here are a) requires a power source like batteries and b) works best when the outside noise is consistent, like riding on an airplane, as opposed to inconsistent noise like attending a baseball game.
Passive uses only its closed back ear cups and sealing ear pads to passively keep out outside noise. Nothing fancy, just a physical barrier, no power required.
A good, cheap option for passive is the Sennheiser HD 202. And the sound quality and comfort will go up with Sennheiser model number (and price). The 202 (which I have and use) is fairly comfortable and gives good sound quality for the money (about $22, or less when on sale). If I was buying a pair right now, I'd probably go for the HD 429 which is $38 on Amazon. I haven't used them, but they have bigger pads and go over the ear more, and are supposed to have better sound quality. That would be worth the extra $16 to me.
I'll have to leave it to someone else to recommend an active noise cancelling set...I don't know. ______________________________ http://i.imgur.com/81XSukd.jpg <-- Happy trails
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