[conkerman]

Hi all,

Loooking for a bit of advice...

I work in a large office with quite noisy air conditioning which really, really bugs and distracts me. My job means that I need to be able to speak to people freely during the day and as such my requirements are.

1, The Fan noise must be banished! No white noise if possible.

2, I need to be able to sort of hear whats going on.

3, They need to be all day comfortable. An On ear design would be preferable.

4, Sound quality is not an absolute priority, but they need to do a half decent job.

I have tried

ATH-A900. Sound Great but too much isolation.

Shure E2C's which I generally have only one earpiece in so I can hear whats going on, but keeps the fan noise.

Sony MDR-NC6. Seem to pretty much do the trick, apart from the white noise and terrible comfort.

So here it is, what noise cancellers fit my requirements??

My mental shortlist is.

Senn PXC 300
Denon 732's
AT NC7b

Any others I should think of??

Cheers
Conks

 

[cswann1]

Wow! Over a year and you finally made a post. What took you so long?


As to your question: Sorry but I have no experience at all with NC phones.

 

[azncookiecutter]

Isolating but need to hear other people? Kind of contradicting, to say the least. Give a pair of earbuds (Yuin PK1, PK2, PK3) a try?

 

[conkerman]

Hi,

Took a while to post, could not compete with the knowledge on here..


I'm a bit of a lurker and didn't want my lack of headphone knowledge to become apparent

The phones need to cut out the annoying Air con fan noise, perfect for NC's imho.

I would like to still hear people in the office though.

I can't wear earbuds as my earholes are very small, my Shures do too good of a job really, and block out pretty much everything.

Cheers
Conks

 

[rodentdog]

I'd try Koss Porta-Pro's. portable, foldable, on ear design. Pretty light, comfortable. Lifetime warranty (I'm on my 3rd pair under warranty), inexpensive, sound good. I've tried to replace them, but can't justifiy it for what they do for the $$$.

 

[IDK]

Sennheiser PXC450's

has the Talk-Through Feature

 

[ourfpshero]

sony nc40 has a talk through button on them, target is clearing them for 25$

 

[Donald North]

Hi Ourfpshero - I love your collection of vintage headphones

I need to get a set of big BLUE Stantons to go with my amp!

 

[david1978jp]

Hate to say this, you need Bose type of noise cancellation headphones. Its electronic circuit is especially good at reducing motor/engine noise, and you have no trouble hearing normal human voice. Of course there are plenty of brands to choose from, Bose is not the only game
Amazon.com: noise cancellation headphone

 

[ourfpshero]

Quote:

Originally Posted by Donald North /img/forum/go_quote.gif Hi Ourfpshero - I love your collection of vintage headphones I need to get a set of big BLUE Stantons to go with my amp!

Thanks!, i'm loving the vintage cans as well, lots of nice gems out there.

OP , along with the sony nc40, i have an able planet headphone. the noise cancellation works very well on those. i bought the sony mainly to keep the able planets from being hijacked by family members

 

[conkerman]

Thanks for the suggestions...

My father in law is in the US for the next few weeks and I will ask him to drop into target and check the NC40's out.

I'm in the UK so pay more for everything

Current shortlist still stands but the senn 250's are the sensible option as they are cheap (only used in the office).

The heart says buy the A-T's I love AT stuff

Conks