[Meltdownblitz]

I recently purchased some crossfade lp's and after testing them out I was not satisfied because these headphones leak tons of sound, I.e. Anyone sittig next to you WILL hear the whole song almost as loud as you do. So I emailed vmoda and their response was "this is common in most over the ear models." obviously referring to other models besides theirs because they only have 1 model. So my question is does YOUR over the ear (full size headphones) leak sound if it's up a little past half volume? And as you turn it louder, the sound gets louder on the outside to where it's Really loud?

Thanks!

 

[charli3]

Not all models. There are closed headphones with nice isolation. 

 

[chilip]

There are open and closed over-ear headphones.  Like Charli3 said, closed headphones are developed such that noise produced as well as outside environmental noise, should stay seperate.  Open headphones, however, will allow for some degree of noise leakage both into and out of the headphones.
 
The degree of noise leakage can vary.  It can depend on of course, the volume at which you are listening.  They also are are different between headphone to headphone. 

 

[mazoto]

any examples of those that don't leak?

 

[Genocide174]

m50 & dt770 doesn't leak

 

[TMRaven]

M50 leaks a little bit.

 

[cifani090]

Most headphones do leak, you dont really know until you ask someone around you.

 

[bcasey25raptor]

my shure srh 840 leaks a little bit but they are generally not loud outside unless i put them at 80% or higher volume on my ipod.

 

[Meltdownblitz]

My crossfade I noticed leaks right after around 50-60% volume. I guess that's decent considering there are air pockets to ventilate your ears. I don't hear much outside noise, I'd say its pretty good on noise cancellation.

 

[scompton]

Unless you listen for about a hour a day, you shouldn't be listening at levels that leak from a closed headphone.  I listen 8-10 hours a day so I listen at a low enough level that very open headphones leak very little.  I hear no sound holding my headphones at arms length with the music playing.
 
No studio monitors should leak sound.  If they leak, they're worthless as studio monitors.  The mikes would pick up the sound leaking out of the headphone.