How is the sound leakage with these headphones? How loud does the volume have to be before the music is noticeable to other people in an empty room?
1567378
This was my major complaint about the headphones. I was sitting on a chair in the living room, hubby was on the couch, the TV was on and he could still hear my music. Sound was up about 1/2 the way on my iphone.
1567379
I would say it is pretty evident in a quiet environment at a sound level 1/3 of the way up.
182133
They isolate very well. You're not going to have to turn the volume up much at all. Usually, maxing these headphones on a phone or iPod isn't going to be too loud, but the isolation usually makes it loud enough. I'd suggest getting a good DAP or a powerful phone anyways. I think your biggest concern should be how hot your ears will be :D
1796375
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(
1271545
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.
452348
I have to disagree entirely with this post. I just got these headphones for Xmas, and while sound quality is great with cancellation on and does stop outside noises well, the sound leakage is quite apparent. I wanted them as something to use at the office but I'm not sure I can now. While I don't know how much of an issue it would be on the plane, I'm pretty sure I would be able to hear whatever is playing for someone using them quite easily. I'm torn about returning them now. They sound great and the price is awesome, but the leakage is definitely an issue to think about. If you cannot deal with leakage I would not get these. I have to disagree entirely with this post. I just got these headphones for Xmas, and while sound quality is great with cancellation on and does stop outside noises well, the sound leakage is quite apparent. I wanted them as something to use at the office but I'm not sure I can now. While I don't know how much of an issue it would be on the plane, I'm pretty sure I would be able to hear whatever is playing for someone using them quite easily. I'm torn about returning them now. They sound great and the price is awesome, but the leakage is definitely an issue to think about. If you cannot... » Read More I have to disagree entirely with this post. I just got these headphones for Xmas, and while sound quality is great with cancellation on and does stop outside noises well, the sound leakage is quite apparent. I wanted them as something to use at the office but I'm not sure I can now. While I don't know how much of an issue it would be on the plane, I'm pretty sure I would be able to hear whatever is playing for someone using them quite easily. I'm torn about returning them now. They sound great and the price is awesome, but the leakage is definitely an issue to think about. If you cannot deal with leakage I would not get these. « Show Less
1095248
No. They do not leak sound. I have use them around people who insists they cannot hear anything. I hope this answer helps you.
1875443
I use these headphones at the gym... Yeah you do hear some clanging and banging in the background when you aren't listening to music, but when you are, they're pretty isolated, the volume goes up quite a bit so that really eliminates much of the external sound. But these about 3 or 4 months back and don't really have any complaints, great buy for the price!
2069888
I've had mine for years and they still have almost no leakage. In fact, they're so good about this that you can't even hear the sound while resting them around your neck unless you crank it all the way up. Makes them useless as "speakers" to share with friends, but that's not why I bought them.
851242
I asked my cubicle neighbor if he could hear any sound leak from my headphones when I had them around 50% (less than 4 feet away, but through a foam wall) and he said "Not at all." I also find the sound quality to be high enough that I rarely have music turned up that loud. The thing I like best about these headphones is their ability to block out the office chatter. People have to tap on my desk to get my attention. Awesome!
2036691
Even with loud volumes, the leakage is generally non-existent. The volume needs to be uncomfortably loud for me to start hearing a very slight sound leak.
2066786
I noticed almost no sound leakage. I have had these and I like to listen relatively loud but I have never had anyone else comment that they can hear what I am listening to. Hope this helps!
2215845
I rarely ever use these at more than half volume and that seems to work out fine when I'm near other people in a quiet environment. However, you need to turn off (off not down) the sound when you take them off of your head. Otherwise, it can lead to an embarrassing situation :PAlso, I've had people tell me they can hear my music at 70% volume and higher, but that's probably more than you'll need for an office setting.
129885
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.
1571621
Do not play your music too loud. People will hear you. I have used them in my classes on mid-low volume and nobody ever confronts me about them.
420417
I felt the headphone does not reach that level of volume. The max volume is actually decent and not very loud. I tried with iPhone 4, 4s, laptops with different media players. Stating this, I did not feel the sound leakage actually.
1553257
Yes, they will leak noise. These are semi-open headphones so isolation is not going to be very good
1588566
They don't leak sound very much in my opinion, not unless you have them turned up past 70%. Though at that point it's quite loud.