Thanks for your thoughts and pointing me in the right direction. I have spent some time at the local electronics store and tested QC35II and the Sony 1000XM2 quite heavily. That was actually my first time listening to the Sony’s and I was blown away. These are great sounding headphones packed...

I'm actually "OK" with the hiss ... but the one sided "presentation" is causing me head aches. :(

Thanks Michael ... is it only me that finds this rather disturbing?

So you can hear the hiss on the left as well?

Hi all, I'm new to this forum but have followed this thread for a while. I received my Studio 3s a couple of days ago and can confirm the hiss while ANC is on and no music playing. What is truly awkward is the fact that I can only hear this hiss in the left ear cup. I almost sounds like a...