Do these headphones have an open back design that allows sound to escape? I would be using these in an office, and they must be quiet externally.
149774
My son wears the Grados and I do not hear exterior sound from them. While everyone else is wearing the trendy Dre's and complaining about how fast they break my son is happy to be wearing the superior Made in the USA Grados.
149775
Yes they leak sound, but if you listen at work appropriate levels say 20% on iPhone, should be no problem unless you share a cube. They sound great.
149776
I was laying in bed with my son waiting for him to go to sleep. My wife walked in and tapped me on the shoulder. I took the headphones off and she said, "you can hear the music clearly, are they supposed to do that?" No, they are not quiet.
149777
Yes they do have an open back design, in fact it's a very open back, even at low volumes the sound will come out. They sound gorgeous but its best that you get something like audio technicas or sennheiser.
149778
That is my wife's only gripe about my SR80s. I get shooed out of the room when wearing them or asked to put on my Bose's (which don't sound as good, and probably cost twice as much, they were a gift). When I wore them in an office environment, nobody ever asked me to take them off, but so many of the guys were always talking on the phone it may have just never bothered anyone.
149779
You wouldn't want to use them in office. My colleagues complained about the'escaping' sound
149780
I was laying in bed with my son waiting for him to go to sleep. My wife walked in and tapped me on the shoulder. I took the headphones off and she said, "you can hear the music clearly, are they supposed to do that?"No, they are not quiet.
149781
Yes they are open headphones. Most Grado headphones are open. The trade off is while others may hear something (they aren't terribly loud until you get beyond casual listening levels) you can also better hear your surroundings. I have worn closed headphones and missed phone alerts and family yelling my name for help with something. If you need to maintain absolute silence in the office, these probably aren't the best (go with Audio Technica M-50s at this price range) but if you can get by with minimal noise escaping and you don't need to crank the music, these will do fine.
149782
They are open back. I'm not sure about the noise level escape, but they are some fine sounding headphones.
90260
Yes. These are opened backed reference headphones. If your looking for no leak go with some closed back cans.
999306
They are not noise-cancelling headphones but they definitely reduce external noise very well. In terms of media playback and such, these are quite possibly the best headphones that you will purchase.
2243760
Yes, they do. And they can go very loud. Usually if headphone volume is maxed, I set the external volume (PC or whatever) to no more than 20%, 30%.
933981
It seems to me that there is minimal (if any) sound leakage from these headphones. I have been using them for about a year now in various environments and no one has ever indicated that they heard what I was listening to.
711846
They aren't vented, but do have a small piece of rubber on the back that they might be using like a passive radiator... in any case, no, they don't leak any sound.I'd recommend buying some comply tips for these... they really make a great seal with the ear and are even more comfortable than the already good stock eartips.love these headphones, BTW. Not the best I've heard, but better than my shure se-210s my a large margin. Compared to my westone UM2 headphones, they're bigger, but not necessarily better... in the same ballpark.
537031
It will certainly help. With music playing through them I would surmise that you will not be able to hear them at all. I should say though that the are a bit heavy and bulky for an office environment.
1149265
They are designed to be at ear level. If you set them on the floor they will sound quieter.
159468
They are not actually exposed, like the front face there is a thin transparent material over the openings. I have found that the quality of sound is not affected.
2279512
Not by definition. They're noise isolating headphones (it isolates only a certain amount of ambient noise via the design of the headphones allowing you to hear the music from the headphones more so than ambient noise. Keep in mind that you will still hear about 50%-90% of outside noise depending on the volume of the music).
2280474
They don't bleed very much at all, which is kinda of a bad thing IMO. They don't really sound open to my ears. Semi-open possibly. You would be able to use them in an office setting pretty well, however these are not good headphones. I can't stress enough how poor the he-300's sound. These are not subjectively enjoyable, they just sound like a faulty design. The Sennheiser hd558 with foam mod walk circles around the he-300's. I suggest starting there.
258608
I use them at my office...you may have to find the optimal volume...but I didn't receive any complaints.
675955
Yes, they are noise isolated. And I discovered, after very careful manipulation, that you can bend them to fit your head. Before that I was ready to trash them!
631454
Sound leakage is minimal, but present. Depends where you are. In my quiet living room, if I have them playing loudly and put them down on a table, I can hear it from a few feet away. But that's at like, way too loud for a quiet room levels. Not world-class. But these aren't quite world-class headphones. If I turn it down to a level you'd expect to be listening in a quiet room, you can't hear any sound leakage at all
1860912
Unless you play your music at relatively high volumes (I-tunes slider maxed, and windows volume slider over 50-60) then it won't be very noticeable unless theirs absolutely nothing else going on in the room noise wise (fans, tv, talking etc.) If you plan to use them in the library or tend to be in a dead quite environment though, then I would go with any headphones that are "Closed back" such as any DJ headphones.
2280476
Although they don't leak as much as other open headphones, I would personally not use them in an office.
1248700
These leak a lot of sound both in and out. People can hear what you are listening to and you can hear other noises besides your music. The open design is an audiophile feature giving them better sound and making it sound like you are in a concert hall instead of a box. Hearing ambient noise at work is important to me. I need to hear when the phone rings or someone is knocking on my door so these are for me. If you listen to music you dont want others to hear, or you want to be oblivious to any external noise, do not buy these.