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yet another? thread on noise cancelling headphones

raspberrypie

hi all

i'm trying out a pair of sony wh-1000xm4, my first noise cancelling headphones. my other headphones are non-noise cancelling sennheisers, of similar price. i use those to listen to music when i'm out on walks.

so, i was aware these wouldn't block out all sounds --- and find that they seem more effective at blocking out lower frequencies.  i probably would find that useful, because those frequencies really annoy me, and travel far. but, i'm not sure i'll find these headphones useful enough, frankly. 

so i'm wondering how others like their noise cancelling headphones? especially vs. standard headphones. for me --- i'm trying to decide if the noise cancelling feature is worth it. i've been walking around my house with the tv, stereo, etc on, wearing them.. they seem to make the unpleasantly loud sounds bearable,  they also quiet lamp buzz, etc. this is with noise cancelling on. but - just not sure it's worth the $ and effort.

thank you! happy holidaze.

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  • thanks for the replies. i'm fairly underwhelmed by these headphones --- altho, surprisingly, they sound actually better than my sennheisers (hd414?) for music. but, that's not saying much --- both these headphones sound pretty measly... i mean, even beethoven would complain (and he's literally deaf).

    still wondering why folks like these things. i assume these sony's are among the best, but they just seem limited.  all i can imagine doing with them is, if i'm in a somewhat noisy environment (store, cafe, flourescent lights, ghetto blasters blaring bass) they are somewhat nice. but in other environments, no, i doubt they'd be effective with car alarms, people talking loud, etc... 

    i guess if your work or home environment fits these sony's to a tee (sort of bass and other sounds permeating the place)  they would be good, and you'd get hours of use per day with them.

    if they were $100, it'd be an okay deal. but they're over twice that... maybe they are simply a semi-noise mitigation which are definitely more effective than my old sennheisers.  but that ain't saying a lot. the sennheisers aren't designed to noise cancel at all. and they don't, unless you're playing music or asmr in them.......

    happy holidazxe

  • in reply to raspberrypie

    maybe something like those worn by road maintance workers when using jack hammers?

    i reckon those should be effective

  • in reply to Mariusz

    i'm kind of trying out the noise cancelling tech.... it would be nice having headphones that can really help limit certain noises, but not all noise--- those huge ear muffs eliminate all noise. so curious about noise cancelling as a sort of good middle of the road solution. but they cost $240, which is around 180 pounds.  maybe i just don't appreciate them - hence my post.

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  • in reply to Mariusz

    i'm kind of trying out the noise cancelling tech.... it would be nice having headphones that can really help limit certain noises, but not all noise--- those huge ear muffs eliminate all noise. so curious about noise cancelling as a sort of good middle of the road solution. but they cost $240, which is around 180 pounds.  maybe i just don't appreciate them - hence my post.

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