infoman
New Head-Fier
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Hi...my first post here...
Dilemma:
I take a train (mass transit - METRA, for those of you in the Chicago area) to and from work daily. The numerous irritations of public transportation led to me look for a serious pair of headphones that can do the best job of eliminating all of that rotten noise I hear around me. Ideally, I'd like to be able to put these headphones on and NOT HEAR ANYTHING or as close as possible to that (or alternately, listen to the radio / CD if I want on a particular day).
From what I've read, I've seen things on "noise-canceling" headphones:
a) BOSS QUIET-COMFORT - add $299, it's pricey for, I'm assuming, 10db reduction. Closed-ear sounds nice, but.....
b) BOSE TRI-PORT - newer, less costly, but don't know how these are supposed to be as far as noise reduction is concerned.
c) SONY MDR-NC20 - 10db noise-reduction. At $114, way more reasonable than the BOSE Quiet-Comfort headphones. But for what I'm looking for, are either of these going to "fit the bill"?
d) ETYMONIC ER-4S - Headphone.com claims that for sound brilliance AND a 23DB reduction to boot, there is no comparison in headphones when looking for noise reduction. OK. But these are essentially EAR BUDS. Is this possible?!?!?!?
Headphone-knowledgable community: PLEASE HELP !!!
Your insight and opinions would be greatly appreciated in helping steer me to the right one (maybe even one I didn't list!) !!!
Thanks so much!!!!
Infoman
Dilemma:
I take a train (mass transit - METRA, for those of you in the Chicago area) to and from work daily. The numerous irritations of public transportation led to me look for a serious pair of headphones that can do the best job of eliminating all of that rotten noise I hear around me. Ideally, I'd like to be able to put these headphones on and NOT HEAR ANYTHING or as close as possible to that (or alternately, listen to the radio / CD if I want on a particular day).
From what I've read, I've seen things on "noise-canceling" headphones:
a) BOSS QUIET-COMFORT - add $299, it's pricey for, I'm assuming, 10db reduction. Closed-ear sounds nice, but.....
b) BOSE TRI-PORT - newer, less costly, but don't know how these are supposed to be as far as noise reduction is concerned.
c) SONY MDR-NC20 - 10db noise-reduction. At $114, way more reasonable than the BOSE Quiet-Comfort headphones. But for what I'm looking for, are either of these going to "fit the bill"?
d) ETYMONIC ER-4S - Headphone.com claims that for sound brilliance AND a 23DB reduction to boot, there is no comparison in headphones when looking for noise reduction. OK. But these are essentially EAR BUDS. Is this possible?!?!?!?
Headphone-knowledgable community: PLEASE HELP !!!
Your insight and opinions would be greatly appreciated in helping steer me to the right one (maybe even one I didn't list!) !!!
Thanks so much!!!!
Infoman