A:Answer Thank you for your question. These Sennheiser headphones are not noise canceling, but they do provide excellent noise isolation. Noise isolation blocks out outside noise, while noise cancelation cancels it. Noise canceling is ideal for extremely loud environments like planes or trains. In most cases good noise isolation headphones are less expensive, and provide a great listening environment. Sennheiser does carry a line of noise cancelling available through bestbuy.com. For additional information you can check out of website at www.sennheiserusa.com
