Can you listen to music with these, or are they just noise canceling?
1720737
The sound quality is best in the normal mode. If your environment is noisey turn on noise cancelation and you can enjoy your programming with good background supression.
1720738
Hi Jennifer, You can hear music with these in 2 ways: with the noise cancelling on (which will reduce the surrounding sounds but will consume the baterry) and with the noise cancelling off (which will work just like a regular headphones) Keep in mind that the pads are not very soft so is uncomfortable to wear them for several hrs.
1720739
Hi Jennifer, You can hear music with these in 2 ways: with the noise cancelling on (which will reduce the surrounding sounds but will consume the baterry) and with the noise cancelling off (which will work just like a regular headphones)Keep in mind that the pads are not very soft so is uncomfortable to wear them for several hrs.
1720740
These were great for a while. Music was super, until one side stopped playing!
1720741
Yes, you can listen to music, but in my Review I was referring Price vs. Sound Quality, also lets say your on a plane & you turn on your music, the headphones produce a noise so you'll only hear your music & not the plane's engine or a reduced level, to make your music the primary sound heard. if you don't want the noise cancelling feature off, click the button & you can listen in regular mode...
1815394
These are not noise canceling so you can hear a little. However, I listen to music pretty much on full blast and my husband can only hear very soft, muffled sound when sitting next to me but not enough to make out what I'm listening to or disturb the pertain next to you. If you're goal is total silence then you need to pay up for the nose canceling style.
626171
No, not sound cancelling. Still, they do pretty good job in isolation from ambient sound.
611842
These are not sound canceling but the bass and sound is good...you kinda have to press on ears. I can hear myself when I Sing with the music, but I kinda like it! :-)
1405014
You can hear them but it's not overly annoying...especially if you are listening to music or watching a movie. You can't hear them at all in either case
1878197
I would think not. As others have said they are not noise cancellation. If you can deal with that one problem then you are set because they are overall fantastic headphones for the price range.
1469330
If you mean are they noise cancelling the answer is no. And these headphones are uncomfortable when you wear them for a long duration.
1089400
You can hear fine. They are NOT noise canceling - you can definitely hear airplane noise. When off the plane they sound much better than the noise canceling ones. Hope that helps.
1597283
I would not consider them completely noise cancelling as I do hear some faint noise depending on how loud I have the music up. There is a microphone that works with my iphone when taking phone calls. I cannot say whether they work with a laptop or not
367497
They cancel out noise well enough, especially while you have music playing. There's a variety of the rubber ear pieces that come with the headphones so you are sure to have some that fit your ears appropriately.
1207655
These are not noise canceling headphones. You need noise canceling headphones to mitigate external sounds.
97601
Yes. Also, they block out background noise well, so you may be able to hear well even at a low volume.
242376
They don't completely cancel out all the noise. If you want a cheap option, it's good. But if you want better noise cancellation, I'd go with a higher end headphone. I have to turn noise cancelling on plus play music for it to drown out any sounds around me.
426297
They are over-ear and do block out most ambient noise. If you're looking for something that lets you hear both music and your environment, these aren't it.
1745128
They are only noise cancelling as much as anything else that plugs up your ear. There isn't much external noise when playing music, however. Overall they were decent ear-buds for the money; just make sure they are the full item, rather than the OEM variety, as those only come with one set of silicone inserts and may not fit all ear types!
676276
They are very good for drowning out ambient noise, hums, rumbles, buzzes, etc. They are not really supposed to drown out irregular noises, like speech or loud music. I find they do make what I am listening to stand out from the back more sharply, and deaden pretty nearly all external sounds somewhat.They are also well padded, which keeps other sounds out even when you don't have the headphones switched on.
564989
They block out external sound well, but do not have active noise cancelation. They don't leak sound so if you turn up the volume you won't bother those near you.