I have an extremely noisy person sitting next to me who pounds his keyboard extremely hard, can these headphones cancel out his noise?
646249
probably not, maybe you might wanna move either forward or further back of this person who pounds his keyboard and not tickle them!
646250
Just by wearing them alone, you won't cancel out your annoying neighbor completely. But if you play some music or other audio at a reasonable level, it should do the trick.
646251
I use these headphones for the exact same reason. They don't completely cancel out the noise but they reduce it enough that the noise isn't bothersome any more. Keep in mind that these are not technically noise-canceling headphones, but they are instead noise-reducing headphones which do a great job. These headphones are, in fact, better than the -canceling ones for this kind of situation.
1782433
I do not think that is true. If they do cancel noise, I have not noticed it. Still great headphones, but I would not say they are noise cancelling.
951954
No. These are noise dampening only, check out the PXC 460 model for true noise cancellation.
596028
i would think they'd do the trick for you. they don't block out everything, but definitely take the "hard edges" off sound. i work in a very noisy office, and since using these, nobody is in danger of getting smacked anymore <grin>
1494145
Yes and no. They would work in the sense that they would cut out the noise of birds, keyboarding, footsteps. I use these to study all the time in the library, because I get distracted by people walking around and our loud AC unit, and it works great. You'll still hear conversations though if people are right next to you. That being said, they're huge and look a little bit ridiculous; they don't look like headphones, so I'm not sure how appropriate that would be depending on your work environment. If you don't mind looking a little bit silly (as I do when I go to the library), these would be perfect. If that is a concern, you might want to consider a pair of noise canceling headphones. They're a lot more expensive, and do the exact same thing, but just look nicer.
1110997
No. I use them at the office because of the number of computers running near me, with noisy fans etc. I can hear other people perfectly well when they talk. The headphones analyse the noise around them then generate anti-noise to cancel it out, but it's not perfect ( which is deliberate ), there's a delay in the analysis. Therefore something constant like a fan whirrin will be cancelled out almost perfectly, but a continually changing source like a human voice speaking will sound slightly different to normal, but be perfectly intelligible / clear because the headphones are only cancelling out what they heard a fraction of a second before that, so it never catches up. If they change their conversation from speech to a consistant hum then that'd be cancelled. Hope I'm making myself clear.
1207655
These are not noise canceling headphones. You need noise canceling headphones to mitigate external sounds.
2067724
I recently bought the Audio-Technica ATH-ANC7 headphones to block thumping and loud footsteps from my neighbor upstairs. Unfortunately, these muffle rather than block such sounds when no music is going through them. When I put on classical or ambient music, the loud parts block the thumping but I can still hear it when the music is quiet. So, these aren't a perfect solution. I suspect most noise-canceling headphones are intended to block constant low-frequency sounds rather than in-and-out random noises. Good luck to all of you dealing with noisy neighbors.
1631097
You probably won't be able to hear anyone call your name, even at low volume, these speakers are almost 100% noise canceling! :)
1754038
No. They are only foam rubber. Dense and effective, but not for the situation that you are describing. You need to purchase special headphones to cancel out all noise in a room to delete all noise around you. You see people wearing such headphones sometimes n airplanes.
1342645
IMO NO not at all. I have these and I love them for watching TV and music but if you just want to block out surrounding noise, these will not work. I'm very noise sensitive :(
676239
Not really, they're not exactly noise canceling; on louder volumes, you can keep out noise
2152276
Hi Jaye, These aren't noise cancelling headphones. However, it has a tightly sealed acoustic design allows for a high level of sound isolation which aides in the reproduction of powerful and extended bass sound. _Anthony
976686
Not total cancellation. They block out most noise, but no they don't offer active noise cancellation.
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.
536624
Not completely. I have not found anything that will do that as much as try to advertise! I wear them everynight because they do block most ambient sound i.e. fans, tv's down low.
1897920
Hello Belle,These headphones block the sound to a certain level on low volume, but I can assure you that you won't hear anything if you turn them up all the way to the end. So basically they should do the trick I suppose.