So I own both the 100abn as well as the 1000xm3. Both are very good at noise canceling. I wore my 100abn when we had roofers and it easily cut out most of the noise. It may not get rid of it totally but I am not one to be annoyed by light tapping in the background. It is even less noticable with...

I haven't been to my best buys headphone display in a couple years, I will run down there today and see. The ANC is toggleable.

So my headphone and IEM selection in the past has been limited to fan favorites selected under $100. A while ago I made a bigger purchase on Sony's 100abn which was like their first LDAC based ANC headphone. Not a bad headphone as I have enjoyed it for a couple years now, I do need to work a...

Ok so I am a big fan of my sony 100abn's and I also run with a pair of advanced's model 3 IEMs for when I am away from home. I am thinking about updating and the 1000xm3's are very appetising but I tend to be fine with IEMs as far as comfort and they are just infinitely more portable and less...

Yay for anniversaries! So I am really dismayed about the lack of excitement on such an exciting pair of headphones. I still jam to my pair, and having full LDAC support on my galaxy 8 has only increased its appeal to me. I see new versions of the headsets with the likes of the WH-1000XM2 and...

Some misinformation here. Bluetooth SBC is what everyone hates. Apples support for AAC is great for beats headphones if the source is aac but useless otherwise. It should play without recompression but I suspect the headphones have limitations like up to 320kbps lossy. Aptx should be comparable...

The idea was not to rely on anything external since that defeated the purpose (exception granted to the sub(actually a mid range speaker) unit connected via headphone jack on my current laptop). Every now and then some manufacturer tries including something different to make themselves unique, I...

Ehh, this laptop was in the same era as ultra thins. Ultra thins of course won out. As for big laptops, I actually find my 17" MSI won't get too loud, it can easily cool enough at around 3k rpms during gaming. Still I was hoping someone would do a line of laptops that centered on bringing video...

So, many years ago I picked up asus's Q550lf from best buy to be my light(ish) duty casual laptop (to use in bed or where ever). It was an impressive beast at the time with a great looking ips touch screen and a 745m for some gaming if you wanted. However the star of the laptop was an external...

Got my pair yesterday and loving them. I have a pair of Sony 100abn for my casual listening but they Are bulky over ears And not very portable so I researched some wireless ear buds and settled on these. Out of the box I was already digging them as I stated with a flat equilzer and sound was...

Both however require licensing fees. Sony may have given ldac to Google but I am sure there is still fees for headphone makers, that is if Sony is even allowing licensing.

Incorrect. The long distance transmission mode restricts actual data rates to between 100kbits/sec and 500kbits/sec. The speed quickly drops as you move away as the transmission method bolsters error correction and connection resliiance while data rate takes a back seat. It was designed for...

Understand that 5 offers nothing. In fact 4 offers nothing and is simply supported because they bought a bluetooth 4.1 chip since people would question why headphones made today are still using 3.0 and 2.0 chips. Audio transmission and controls are still handled by the same profiles introduced...

So this headphone went through a slew of sale recently and I snagged the verdant blue up for $169. I have a few head phones under my belt now, mostly good ones but my last one, the sennheiser 4.40bt, was just all over the place and hard to enjoy. I am happy to say the mdr100abn has been a very...