You can say it is dead silent. I tested it at home and no one was talking and no TV at the time. And again, my office area is very quite - may be not quite as at home but close.

Hello all M50 lovers, I got a pair of M50 (Coiled version) last Thursday (and new to the forums), and I have been enjoying the sound of these cans very much. I had been using EIM for few years, and after reading so many exiting reviews of M50 for many months, I decided to get me these. And the...