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  3. December 2010

Re: Noise canceling headphones?

John Jones wrote:
On-ear, in-ear, or over-ear?

Probably over ear or on-ear.

In ear doesn't work for me because of the way my ears are shaped ... in-ear isn't comfortable.

A word of caution if you look at the Bose offerings: If the battery
dies not only does the noise cancellation stop but the audio from
your source device won't come through either.

Ah, good to know.

With Sony's headphones, if the battery dies you can at least still
hear your source material, just without the benefit of the noise
reduction. I have
http://www.sonystyle.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/ProductDisplay?catalogId=10551&storeId=10151&langId=-1&productId=8198552921665368379and
my wife has
http://www.sonystyle.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/ProductDisplay?catalogId=10551&storeId=10151&langId=-1&productId=8198552921665520560
Both are adequate though I find her larger ones to be less
comfortable.

Thanks!

david


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