can anyone tell me about sound leakage a ,i often listen to music at odd times and dont want to wake the wife,my grados leak,but i love the sound,an
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If you want noise isolation, look into sennheiser 280. They were too boomy for my tastes, and squeezed your brains out of your head.
1257573
There is a certain amount of leakage, but I don't think there is enough to disturb your wife, unless you like listening at full volume that is!
1257574
If you're going to listen to music loud enough to leak from these headphones you will be seriously damaging your hearing. I'm just saying...
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I would say that there is a considerable sound leakage as these are "on the ear" headphones. If you are worried about sound leakage you should consider "over the ear" headphones preferably with noise cancellation features.
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The sound leakage is there, but not at an extreme level, unless he plays really loud. But, considering the isolation performance of those, I doubt he will need to play it real loud. And, even then, it shouldn't create a disturbance that is considerably higher than what you would create by using an ordinary earbud. In any case, this is not an open-back headphone, so there won't be a lot of leakage.
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No, they do not seem to leak any sound as my desk is next to my wife's desk in the office and she cannot hear me listening to music with the volume somewhat high. I can hear my wife talking over the headphones when the volume is not too high, but once the volume is turned up you do not hear anything in the room.
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There isn't that much of a leak because the headphones do almost a perfect job at doing this. People will hear what you're listening if you have it have it full blast though.
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Hey Alex, I lit a flashlight through the bell of the two L J Hutchen Alto Saxophones I purchased (in a dark room) and did not see any leaks. I would also recommend a Snark metronome for tuning before playing.
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Sure, I tested the "sound leak" from the Sony MDR 1R Premium for you. I turned my Zune up to above normal listening volume, I then placed the headphones on a roll of toilet paper (cans in), I could not detect any sound leakage from as little as 1 foot away (the soft ear cushions work great for holding sound IN - however read on). Now as far as passive noise cancellation is concerned - these phones truly SUCK. The sound is so realistic with these phones on, that I sometimes have to remove the headset to see if someone is calling me or if one of the tracks musicians got a bit carried away. But more than once out in my backyard man cave, I removed the headphones when I heard voices, and to my surprise it was my next door neighbors talking to each other. I could hear them WITH the headphones on and playing music, and these chatting neighbors were at least 30 feet away on the other side of a six foot cinderblock fence. The soft ear cushions seem to have a big problem when it comes to keeping noises OUT. Ergo the passive isolation sucks IMHO. Do I care? HELL N....er, I mean, not at all....I bought these for their remarkable sound. And I am not disappointed. Hope this helps
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Wow that actually sounds like you have an awesome speaker setup. The only thing I could say, and this happened to me, when you turn up the volume it obviously makes your bass bigger which can make your speaker wires shake and touch each other which will throw it to protect mode....check it out and let me kno
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There is a decent amount of sound leakage once the volume is turned up past whisper quiet. At louder volumes (nothing the will hurt your ear drums), I can hear the headphones from a connected room 20+ feet away. Even with this leakage, they sound amazing on your noggin. If she doesn't want to hear what you hear, it is advised that you keep looking. The A700s are a little more $$ but don't leak audio.
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Hello, I am about to purchase these for use in my cell phone (palm pre). I listen to music (streaming radio and mp3's) all day while at work. I work in a 10x10 cubicle with high walls. Is the sound leaking high enough that it may bother my co-workers? I do not listen to music very loud because I have tennitus which loud noises aggrivates. Also do you have any experience using these with 128kbps sound files? I know that is low, but it is what most streaming music is sent in. Thanks,
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thx - open headphones do sound good, but since they are for a teenager to use in the house, leaky music may not be too desirable. :0(
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yes, they leak sound but it depends on 1) how loud you like somethign when noise cancelling is on 2) how loud you can turn it up with surrouinding ambient noise They defintely leak sound though
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Well max volume on the iphone barely leaks. And more than 2feet away you cant hear it. The isolation imo is satisfactory, with nothing playing, you can still hear your environment, but it's still quite muffled. With sound on forget location awareness the music takes over :)
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1. I own a pair. They are closed back and will have to be realllly loud for sound to be heard by others. Sounds leak is not an issue with this one bit. 2. They are ranked 2nd on a list of top 5 headphones under $200 - http://boldlist.net/top-5-headphones-under-200.php3. They also hold up really well and don't show much wear and tear. Highly recommend.
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Yes sound leakage, they are the open style headphones not closed. No to noise cancelling.
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These don't seem to leak sound. As an example: if you take them off your head and place the ear cups against your chest, crank up the volume medium-high, you won't hear leakage. I can't compare them to the AT M50x's as I've not tried those.
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As this was a gift I'm not sure on personal experience. However the person I bought them for says they don't leak sound, the output is so good you don't need to have it on full anyway.