Noise-Cancelling Earbuds - Reccy Please

System

They are really good with stuff like aircraft engines, aircon units, road noise

Keeps the surprise of the vehicle that will hit you as you wander obliviously into the road to the very last.

Mr_Toad

dogstarheaven wrote: »

Erm... this is a MSE site, so I don't have that kinda money lying around - btw, i checked these out before on a Best of kinda site and and they were voted top. Isn't there anything a few quid cheaper?

.................thanks:j

There are loads about but I never found any others that really worked.

Some review sites recommended a pair, I forget the name, at about £40 that they thought were fantastic.

A colleague bought some, I've tried them when we flew to the USA and the reviewer either didn't try them at all or was paid to give a favourable review because they simply didn't work any better than non noise cancelling ear buds. Oh, and my colleague didn't want to give me my Bose ones back!!

Being MSE doesn't necessarily mean buying the cheapest, it's about value for money. You don't have to buy that many pairs of cheaper ones that turn out to be useless before you've spent enough to make the expensive ones good value. I agree that getting the money in the first place is a problem but perhaps it would be better to wait and save than waste money on something that won't work.

dogstarheaven

Yes, it is better going for the best when money can allow, but I never buy the cheapest either. I normally go for the best value, but seeing as the Sennheiser ones I have have lasted more than 2 years, maybe it's worth spending a bit more. Unfortunately 300 smackers is way beyond my limits, unlike yourself...

Voyager2002

Do they have to be earbuds? You will surely get better results with over-ear headphones, so you benefit from both physical isolation and noise-cancelling circuitry.

I have used several over the years... most recently a pair of Goldring NS100 that worked very well and that I used nearly every day, but which recently fell to pieces after about five years of good service. You can find them on Ebay for around 60 pounds, or can probably pay less if you look around.

Incidentally the Bose ones are also headphones rather than earbuds...

rageagainstessays

I had these, they are sensational
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Sennheiser-3-00--Ear-canal-Headphones/dp/B00MEI9Z34/ref=sr_1_11?s=electronics&ie=UTF8&qid=1434898227&sr=1-11&keywords=sennheiser

prowla

I have some Etymotics http://www.amazon.co.uk/Etymotic-Research-Portable-In-Ear-Earphones/dp/B0007WZLDC - they are rather good!