Sony - Earphone - Black

Bought a pair of these to use on airplain flights. They were only slightly better than the ear buds that came with my Ipod. The noise canceling swithch did not seem to make any difference when it was on or off. I would not recommend these. They just are not worth the money. Put the money toward a pair of Bose headphones, you will be much more satisfied.

I've been using noise "isolating ie passive" earbuds for years, they do great but looking for something even better. The ideal situation for "noise cancelling ie active" is continuous sounds like from engines - Plane, boat, train, bus, etc. I'm very pleased. I'm a ship's captain (constant loud engine noise) and sleep with these on. What a treat to be able to listen to music at a modest volume and be comfortable enough to sleep with them in my ears. No need for earplugs anymore. Most reviewers that have bad experience don't understand the limitations of the technology. Do some simple research to understand what you are buying. You wouldn't put diesel in a gasoline hybrid car just because its sold at the gas station right? The lack of microphone for hands free use is the biggest short coming.

Bought these after purchasing the Skullcand Titan $50 pair, which I wore for one day and returned because they hurt my ears after 20 min and had NO noise cancellation. Store rep recommeded these. I opened box and tried them on and they sound good, and did all the noise cancellation as promised but the design is terrible. The corde is twice as long as it needs to be and halfway in middle of it is a power unit that holds a battery for the so called noise cancellation switch which is useless, adds weight and pulls the headphones out of your ear. It has a clip that you can put on your belt but they didn't make the cord long enough from the power unit to your ear unless you are like 5" tall. I'm 5'10". Tried these out for a week trying to get over the cord issue but I couldn't. Dont buy these there are other models that sound better for same price and dont have the terrible design flaws.

I have never purchased noise-cancelling headphones or earbuds. I was going on an international flight and decided to take the plunge. Since I had not done thorough research beforehand, I went for Sony which I generally have been very happy with. As soon as I put them on at home I was initially disappointed since it didn't seem to cancel a lot of noise. But I liked the quality of sound and really loved their comfort. But once I used them on the plane and hit the noise-cancelling switch, although I could still hear conversations and other noise in the background, it cancelled enough ambient noise and turned down the volume of conversations just enough to make a difference. Also, I use the earbuds as my primary set now due to their far superior comfort and much better quality than the regular pair that come with an iPod. For its price, I thought it was worth the purchase.

I own two other high quality over-ear active noise cancellation headphones but was looking for something portable, in-ear, and equally adept at noise canceling. Another key criteria was that it should be comfortable and stay in the ear and not fall out. This piece meets all these. The in-ear buds fit snug and I have often not found the need to turn on the active noise cancellation. Good sound reproduction. I wish it had a better wire management mechanism between the battery case and the ear-buds. The other end going to the 3.5mm jack has a rubber looper.

I love this earbuds, compared to the more expensive Sony noise cancelling ear buds I had seen, these do a great job, nice and sleek looking , comfortable, they have the different size buds that come in the nice bag to carry them in, also you get a airplane adaptor inside.

This was on sale so I bought them to replace my philips N/C earbuds that I've worn out. Overall it's more comfortable and does reduce background noise but didn't realize there was no volume control which comes in handy when travelling on a plane. On the philips you can adjust the volume without taking your mp3 player out of your pocket or your earbuds. This one I'd have to remove the earbuds each time to listen to an announcement or the FA.

These are essentially the best sound cancelling earbuds for the price. They are slightly uncomfortable in that you can definitely feel them while you are wearing them and take some getting used to. The sound quality is pretty good, although I have never used any extremely fancy sound equipment. The sound cancelling works especially well in vehicles. However, when carried around, the switch on the sound cancelling device has been turning on, which drained the battery when I hadn't looked at for a few days. Fortunately, it only takes an AAA.