Sennheiser Noise-Canceling Folding Headphones
Brand/Model: SEN PXC250
Finally bit the bullet and bought them as I am heading off on some long haul overseas flights soon.
First impressions (and i havent had the chance to fly with them yet):
Fantastic. The quality of construction is superb.
They fold down quite small;
and come with a very nicely made carry bag which fits the headphones, noise cancelling battery bit and also has a little compartment which fits my MP3 player and the adapter plug for the airline port (supplied with the headphones).
The noise cancelling is fantastic and inspires me to think they will be perfect on the flight. I stood in front of my air conditioner and turned it on and the noise all but disappeared. This was without playing a track. Once the music was on I couldn’t hear the airflow at all.
Sound repreoduction quality is excellent. I tried various music types and enjoyed the range of reproduction of these headphones.
Now the drawback is…..they are horrendously expensive. RRP $300 AU. I got these on the sly ( 8) ) for way less than retail and it’s the only way i would’ve got them. That said now having listened to them and after reading heaps about how they help with avoiding jetlag, I think I would be tempted at the real price, but $300 is a lot for headphones. Maybe at $200 I would be saying buy now, but that’s just an individual thing.
I’ll report back when I’ve flown with them.
Damian
uh, how do these pups reduce jetlag? inject speed into the ear canal? i don’t get it but i’m all ears :wink: i have 70$ sony e71s and like them alot. i can’t hear the airconditioners or the dude snoring next to me…
[quote author=“Drachen”]Please do. I’ve got a boss that would probably love something like these. He commutes between NY, Amsterdam, London and Melbourne regularly.
u had once said that ur sister has the Bose Quiet Comfort headphones…aren’t those ones good ?
[quote author=“jiggy”]uh, how do these pups reduce jetlag? inject speed into the ear canal? i don’t get it but i’m all ears :wink: i have 70$ sony e71s and like them alot. i can’t hear the airconditioners or the dude snoring next to me…
I read an interesting article (which i can’t recall where at the mo), which first put me onto the idea of noise cancelling headphones to rduce jetlag - which i hate with a passion and suffer from greatly.
Anyway, this article was very interesting and was written by a guy who worked for a car audio mag. He attended a car show and after a couple of days of listening to high-end, high volume car stereos and sound offs, he felt like five kinds of crap. Speaking with an audio engineer he discovered that he had bass fatigue. Apparently (and it’s pretty common knowledge in the medical profession), extended, repeated exposure to low end bass tones can actually cause you to experience symptoms exactly like jetlag.
Putting 2 and 2 together he thought about the bass tones you hear on planes - drone of engine and air-con hiss etc.
This guy then tested noise cancelling headphones on some flights and had remarkable success. He now swears by them. That was enough for me to take the plunge.
[quote author=“japaneseimportscomau”][quote author=“jiggy”]uh, how do these pups reduce jetlag? inject speed into the ear canal? i don’t get it but i’m all ears :wink: i have 70$ sony e71s and like them alot. i can’t hear the airconditioners or the dude snoring next to me…
I read an interesting article (which i can’t recall where at the mo), which first put me onto the idea of noise cancelling headphones to rduce jetlag - which i hate with a passion and suffer from greatly.
Anyway, this article was very interesting and was written by a guy who worked for a car audio mag. He attended a car show and after a couple of days of listening to high-end, high volume car stereos and sound offs, he felt like five kinds of crap. Speaking with an audio engineer he discovered that he had bass fatigue. Apparently (and it’s pretty common knowledge in the medical profession), extended, repeated exposure to low end bass tones can actually cause you to experience symptoms exactly like jetlag.
Putting 2 and 2 together he thought about the bass tones you hear on planes - drone of engine and air-con hiss etc.
This guy then tested noise cancelling headphones on some flights and had remarkable success. He now swears by them. That was enough for me to take the plunge.
I’m not buying this. I did a search on bass fatigue in Google and came up with nada. the closest thing was this: http://www.wmi.org/bassfish/reports/59986.htm
nothing to do with jets, but those poor fishies!!!!
I do a lot of flying internationally from Nepal (well, it’s hard not to) and I found the best thing for jet lag is a few days on the beach in either Tland, Singapore, or Goa. I can’t see how headphones will help, although the Sennheisers are droolworthy.
jigs
[quote author=“jiggy”][quote author=“japaneseimportscomau”][quote author=“jiggy”]uh, how do these pups reduce jetlag? inject speed into the ear canal? i don’t get it but i’m all ears :wink: i have 70$ sony e71s and like them alot. i can’t hear the airconditioners or the dude snoring next to me…
I read an interesting article (which i can’t recall where at the mo), which first put me onto the idea of noise cancelling headphones to rduce jetlag - which i hate with a passion and suffer from greatly.
Anyway, this article was very interesting and was written by a guy who worked for a car audio mag. He attended a car show and after a couple of days of listening to high-end, high volume car stereos and sound offs, he felt like five kinds of crap. Speaking with an audio engineer he discovered that he had bass fatigue. Apparently (and it’s pretty common knowledge in the medical profession), extended, repeated exposure to low end bass tones can actually cause you to experience symptoms exactly like jetlag.
Putting 2 and 2 together he thought about the bass tones you hear on planes - drone of engine and air-con hiss etc.
This guy then tested noise cancelling headphones on some flights and had remarkable success. He now swears by them. That was enough for me to take the plunge.
I’m not buying this. I did a search on bass fatigue in Google and came up with nada. the closest thing was this: http://www.wmi.org/bassfish/reports/59986.htm
nothing to do with jets, but those poor fishies!!!!
I do a lot of flying internationally from Nepal (well, it’s hard not to) and I found the best thing for jet lag is a few days on the beach in either Tland, Singapore, or Goa. I can’t see how headphones will help, although the Sennheisers are droolworthy.
jigs
Dammit Jiggy, can’t you see, it’s just an excuse to buy more technocrap. If I could figure out a way to prove to my boss that my brand new LCD monitor somehow stopped my psychotic tendencies, i’d do it. and, it’s really hard to tell the boss, yeah, the 3 days on the singaporean beach were for me to get over my jetlag hahah
[quote author=“nox”][quote author=“jiggy”][quote author=“japaneseimportscomau”][quote author=“jiggy”]uh, how do these pups reduce jetlag? inject speed into the ear canal? i don’t get it but i’m all ears :wink: i have 70$ sony e71s and like them alot. i can’t hear the airconditioners or the dude snoring next to me…
I read an interesting article (which i can’t recall where at the mo), which first put me onto the idea of noise cancelling headphones to rduce jetlag - which i hate with a passion and suffer from greatly.
Anyway, this article was very interesting and was written by a guy who worked for a car audio mag. He attended a car show and after a couple of days of listening to high-end, high volume car stereos and sound offs, he felt like five kinds of crap. Speaking with an audio engineer he discovered that he had bass fatigue. Apparently (and it’s pretty common knowledge in the medical profession), extended, repeated exposure to low end bass tones can actually cause you to experience symptoms exactly like jetlag.
Putting 2 and 2 together he thought about the bass tones you hear on planes - drone of engine and air-con hiss etc.
This guy then tested noise cancelling headphones on some flights and had remarkable success. He now swears by them. That was enough for me to take the plunge.
I’m not buying this. I did a search on bass fatigue in Google and came up with nada. the closest thing was this: http://www.wmi.org/bassfish/reports/59986.htm
nothing to do with jets, but those poor fishies!!!!
I do a lot of flying internationally from Nepal (well, it’s hard not to) and I found the best thing for jet lag is a few days on the beach in either Tland, Singapore, or Goa. I can’t see how headphones will help, although the Sennheisers are droolworthy.
jigs
Dammit Jiggy, can’t you see, it’s just an excuse to buy more technocrap. If I could figure out a way to prove to my boss that my brand new LCD monitor somehow stopped my psychotic tendencies, i’d do it. and, it’s really hard to tell the boss, yeah, the 3 days on the singaporean beach were for me to get over my jetlag hahah
~nox
nox, u got it! technocrap sales…i guess if i was selling usb flexible fly fans i would say they also cured chronic fatigue syndrome as well as keeping u safe from diseases. wanna buy one? :mrgreen:
i know, the price is right but many reviewers of these report defects and some note the Bose ones are better. Personally, I have not used noise-cancelling in real life, so don’t know how much better they are then my sony e71 earbuds, that seem to do a good job but are a bit intrusive in the ear canal, to say the least. i know i’m not thrilled about having to have yet even more batteries hanging of my head….dunno…anyone ever compare these to the e71s here?
i know, the price is right but many reviewers of these report defects and some note the Bose ones are better. Personally, I have not used noise-cancelling in real life, so don’t know how much better they are then my sony e71 earbuds, that seem to do a good job but are a bit intrusive in the ear canal, to say the least. i know i’m not thrilled about having to have yet even more batteries hanging of my head….dunno…anyone ever compare these to the e71s here?
It’s all new to me jiggy, usually when I fly I read a book. With my new TR3 that’ll change. Everyplace I looked most everyone loved the Bose and, with a full ear-cup and nr they likely deserve the kudos.
Still, at $80 I’m thinking the Sennheiser might be a good gamble
i know, the price is right but many reviewers of these report defects and some note the Bose ones are better. Personally, I have not used noise-cancelling in real life, so don’t know how much better they are then my sony e71 earbuds, that seem to do a good job but are a bit intrusive in the ear canal, to say the least. i know i’m not thrilled about having to have yet even more batteries hanging of my head….dunno…anyone ever compare these to the e71s here?
It’s all new to me jiggy, usually when I fly I read a book. With my new TR3 that’ll change. Everyplace I looked most everyone loved the Bose and, with a full ear-cup and nr they likely deserve the kudos.
Still, at $80 I’m thinking the Sennheiser might be a good gamble
right. ok, who jumps first. i wonder how long they will be 80$ on amazon?
Obviously the ultimate in quiet listening is either a full ear-cup or earplugs. The full cup appeals except you look like a nerd (I prefer to remain a stealth-nerd). Earplugs are light and unobtrusive. Interesting mini-dillema. I know I want something, but what? :?
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Just would like to point out that earplugs can reduce decibels levels by 30dB. It seems like earplugs would work better at reducing airplane noise. Even the low frequency (bass) noises.
So does noise cancelling headphones cancel out noise better than earplugs in airplanes?
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Anyone ever hear of any products out there that uses regular speakers to cancel out noise :?: from cars going by, say if you live near a busy intersection or near the freeway?
I’ve heard of such technology used in luxury automobiles.
