bangraman
Headphoneus Supremus
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They've seen quite a lot of use, about 2-3 hours every other day on average. I'm still on the first set of batteries which is a very good thing.
The Noise Cancelling really is good. I can hop on a train and the rumblings just disappear. You still hear clanks, baby screams and conversations, and the REALLY odd thing is that you begin to think you might not have any noise cancelling because sounds around you sound quite natural. But take off one of the earpieces and you realise that the noise cancelling is most definitely doing its job.
As I think I said in my initial impressions, perhaps it was an early PX200 or something but the PXC250 fits my HUGE head much better than the PX200 did. The sound with the noise cancelling on is noticeably processed with some artifacts here and there (I didn't bother to check where these were the MD's problems or whether it was the phones, sorry) but it's not that bad to listen to. It reminds me a lot of the Eggo D22 still soundwise.
[size=xx-small]Please note I will now have to add my disclaimer here that I could be talking total rubbish, because I think I may make some mistakes when reviewing phones. I was gaining confidence too quickly, becoming cocky with knowledge... A bad move.[/size]
What I think I notice is that with closed phones like the HD280, you don't get much in the way of rumble cut, but the higher frequencies like the conversations is filtered out. With the PXC250 and Noisegard, the rumble is cut, but for the rest of the outside frequencies the phone relies on 'passive sealing' using the closed earpieces, which do seal out some sound but not that much. So with a closed phone, general sounds around you are muted but rumbles are not that muted. With the PXC250, rumbles are muted but other noises are less muted.
If I can criticise it, I would have liked the noise cancellation (if it was technically possible) to go slightly higher up the frequency band. I suppose this isn't really possible but on planes the thing that disturbs me most is screaming babies and it would have been great to have 'extended cancellation' feature. That and they're a bit quiet. It's necessary to turn up the volume quite a lot.
I LIKE these. A lot. Not the best sound ever, but they're quite listenable, comfortable, very portable and the noise cancelling works really well.
The Noise Cancelling really is good. I can hop on a train and the rumblings just disappear. You still hear clanks, baby screams and conversations, and the REALLY odd thing is that you begin to think you might not have any noise cancelling because sounds around you sound quite natural. But take off one of the earpieces and you realise that the noise cancelling is most definitely doing its job.
As I think I said in my initial impressions, perhaps it was an early PX200 or something but the PXC250 fits my HUGE head much better than the PX200 did. The sound with the noise cancelling on is noticeably processed with some artifacts here and there (I didn't bother to check where these were the MD's problems or whether it was the phones, sorry) but it's not that bad to listen to. It reminds me a lot of the Eggo D22 still soundwise.
[size=xx-small]Please note I will now have to add my disclaimer here that I could be talking total rubbish, because I think I may make some mistakes when reviewing phones. I was gaining confidence too quickly, becoming cocky with knowledge... A bad move.[/size]
What I think I notice is that with closed phones like the HD280, you don't get much in the way of rumble cut, but the higher frequencies like the conversations is filtered out. With the PXC250 and Noisegard, the rumble is cut, but for the rest of the outside frequencies the phone relies on 'passive sealing' using the closed earpieces, which do seal out some sound but not that much. So with a closed phone, general sounds around you are muted but rumbles are not that muted. With the PXC250, rumbles are muted but other noises are less muted.
If I can criticise it, I would have liked the noise cancellation (if it was technically possible) to go slightly higher up the frequency band. I suppose this isn't really possible but on planes the thing that disturbs me most is screaming babies and it would have been great to have 'extended cancellation' feature. That and they're a bit quiet. It's necessary to turn up the volume quite a lot.
I LIKE these. A lot. Not the best sound ever, but they're quite listenable, comfortable, very portable and the noise cancelling works really well.
