Do the headphones leak sound into the surrounding area when playing? Does volume change this significantly?
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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
631455
I asked the people around me if they could here my music while the headphones were on my ears, and they said yes. I also heard major sound leakage when other people were wearing the headphones.
631456
these only leak sound when they arent on your ears. Once they are on ears the cusions do their job and keeping the sound in. I use these in a work enviroment at a fairly high volume and have asked my co-workers about the sound and they do not hear it.
631457
They have significant sound leakage. You can hear lyrics word for word if you're within a couple feet and volume at a normal level.
993803
Hi there,have had bose in the case for a few months and does not seem to affect the sound at all.Maybe i dont have it loud enough as it is a job site player.Hope this helps.Pete
1359060
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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Any open style headphone such as these will always have some leakage, especially at higher volumes. The only way to circumvent that issue is to use ear buds or over the ear (enclosed) headphones. I am very impressed and happy with my purchase. These work great with my smartphone and allow ample volume. Will also handle home stereo use. I honestly believe they can stand up to my $500 AKG headphones in providing accurate reproduction and soundstage. I hope this helps.
518113
I max these on the iPhone 5 and there is a bit of leakage of audio from the headphones, but so is there with all headphones! These do however, isolate you from the outside world unless someone yells right next to you. Everything is blocked when riding the Chicago 'L' and sitting next to loud coworkers.
521751
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.
452343
yes, they leak sound but it depends on1) how loud you like somethign when noise cancelling is on2) how loud you can turn it up with surrouinding ambient noiseThey defintely leak sound though
1237219
There doesn't seem to be a problem with sound leakage, but you can hear the stuff going on around you. This is by far the best/most comfortable headset I've ever used.
2215842
I think these are better than average at not leaking sound at reasonable volume levels. However, I would turn your music down when you take these off. They sound like little speakers when they are not pressed to your head.
2085853
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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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.
1420199
Sound leakage at low to mid volume is not bad, but at higher volumes, it leaks terribly.
33358
Yes they do leak, these are opened aired headphones so yes anyone can hear, made for the home, u do need a headphone amp
129883
Yes, there's some sound leakage. If you're concerned about this, you may want an over the ear headset rather than an on your ear headset as this one is.
210343
They do leak. I hate them so much because of that the other end of the earbuds have a little speaker which allows others to hear what you're listening to quite easily. I'm going to return them because the wood could break with ease.
767939
They are open-air headphones and do leak sound, it does help improve the quality though. But if you're looking for non-leakage, I'd go with the Monoprice IEM, They are super cheap and sound fantastic with minimal leakage.
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Yes, At full volume people around you will definitely be able to hear if it is quiet. They are not as bad as other over ear headphones but being over ear they tend to start leaking audio at around ¾ full volume. Walking around outside it is usually fine even on full volume but if you are in a quiet room I wouldn't plan on putting them on full volume if you don't want other people to hear.