UE10Pro Airplane Noise Isolation?

[jlingo]

Does anyone have tried to bring UE10Pro on the plane trip?
How is the noise isolation compared to Etymotics?
Could you replace Etymotics with UE10Pro on plane trip? Or the Isolation is not good enough to be on the plane?
If UE10Pro is very good for even on plane trip, then I can sell my Ety to get UE10Pro.
So far I find that Ety has an excellent Isolation. I can't hear anything from my surrounding whether I'm in the car, walking, tram, and so on.

Thanks,

 

[joncirca57]

Sorry, I do not have Etys to compare, but the isolation with the UE10 Pros is very dramatic. With just a small sound volume it is, in my opinion, almost total. These are just great on long flights. Just be advised you will not hear announcements, boarding calls, flight attendents, etc.

Another question for the board would be if you can hook UE10Pros up to the sound system in the plane to view movies, or if this would burn them out. . .

 

[random person]

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Originally Posted by joncirca57 Another question for the board would be if you can hook UE10Pros up to the sound system in the plane to view movies, or if this would burn them out. . .

Actually it would be more likely to burn YOU out -- you will definitely need a volume attenuator, like the one from Shure, or the volume from the plane's audio system will blow your head off.

As for isolation, my UE5c isolation is outstanding -- far better than the Bose Quiet Comfort II, and far more comfortable!

 

[joncirca57]

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Originally Posted by random person Actually it would be more likely to burn YOU out -- you will definitely need a volume attenuator, like the one from Shure, or the volume from the plane's audio system will blow your head off. As for isolation, my UE5c isolation is outstanding -- far better than the Bose Quiet Comfort II, and far more comfortable!

Wow, thanks for the lead. I did not know Shure made a volume attenuator!

 

[dmt1]

I own the Ety 4P's and the UE10PRO's--I've used the Ety's on airplanes before, but not the UE10's yet. But I can tell you from my experience at the gym, the UE10's offer better isolation than the Ety's (not to mention that the UE10's are significantly more comfortable); the UE10PRO's should work wonderfully for blocking out noise in an airplane.

 

[mbk]

I think UE10Pro will give you better isolation on a plane than the ER-4P due to the increase in bass over the Ety. Most of the airplane noise is a low frequency sound, so getting more out of your phones in that region of the spectrum should increase your isolation. For instance, I find with my UE5c that occlusion effect when walking is reduced, simply because the added bass and fullness covers it up.

 

[iamdone]

Has anyone experienced this on the plane with ue10. I have the sensaphonics and they work much better than the etys on the plane (just got back from a trip last night) but there was one strange thing. When I was leaning against the window (even with the plane's thin pillow) the vibrations of the plane came through making a rumbling sound in the ear touching the window. If I was just leaning back in the chair, almost all noice was blocked expect for the initial takeoff.

 

[machead]

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Originally Posted by iamdone Has anyone experienced this on the plane with ue10. I have the sensaphonics and they work much better than the etys on the plane (just got back from a trip last night) but there was one strange thing. When I was leaning against the window (even with the plane's thin pillow) the vibrations of the plane came through making a rumbling sound in the ear touching the window. If I was just leaning back in the chair, almost all noice was blocked expect for the initial takeoff.

I think what you were experiencing was vibration introduced into your inner ear via bone conduction. I get the same effect in the subway with my ER5s if I lean back so my head touches the wall of the car. It sounds surprisingly loud simply because it would normally be masked by sound coming in via the ear canal, which these phones block very efficiently. The airplane seat, being very soft, does not conduct the vibration when you rest your head on it.

 

[wolfen68]

I've worn Ue5c's in a plane and they work perfectly. As Random mentions, I was tempted to plug into the plane's sound system, but was worried it would blow my ears out even at the lowest volume.

On my Archos portable, I commonly listen to the UE's at 0% volume and that is plenty loud enough (the archos always gives some level of sound). On my Iriver, it only takes a level of 8 out of 40. The UE's go louder than any other headphone I've ever used....I always wonder when I'll bump a volume control by accident and make myself instantly deaf.