Is there a lot of sound leakage?? I'm using this headphone at school and the library, so it's very vital that I know.
771964
I have had my SoundTrues up reasonably high and my wife who sits next to me in our office could not hear my music. The around-ear are better at sealing out sound than the on-ears. Also, you have to make sure the earcups are properly seating around your ears. They should form a seal, and yes like most headphones, if you have them on awhile, they will get warm inside. When that happens, pull them down around your neck, the earcups will automatically face up to evaporate any moisture.
1682544
My experience is that the noise is not normal. I haven't had any issues with the speaker at all.
1588570
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.
1157715
these are open back headphones so they leak like crazy. you will hear everything around you, and everyone around you will hear what you're listening to. they're only good in a quiet environment. if you're not in a quiet area to listen to, get a closed headphone. that will give you the isolation you need. a similar closed headphone to the he400 is the oppo pm3. it's also a planar magnetic headphone with a similar sound signature overall. I find it better myself, but the he400 is quite good.
452345
I bought a pair of these ~2 years ago and never noticed the sound leakage. I lost them and recently bought another pair last week (loved the first pair obviously) and immediately noticed sound leakage. Not sure if something changed in recent design, but I definitely noticed.
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.
989954
Yes sound leakage, they are the open style headphones not closed. No to noise cancelling.
802754
I work in an open office space and tend to crank up my music as well. Atleast on my Mac Book Pro I've turned up the volume about 70-85% up even with the itunes player volume at 100%. I haven't had any complaints from my co-workers saying that my music is loud so the V-moda's are pretty decent. Although, I will say like Ramon that if you turn it up immensely loud then there's bound to be some leak but for me not very much. Also, if it's any help I listen to LRAD or other EDM like music which is pretty loud so you can imagine that kind of music at 70-85% volume.
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.
2281205
i feel that it may be ok for class work,i have found it not good for recording music.i suggest --pay another 20.00 and get a good one.
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.
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.
187768
There are normal levels of vibrations transfer which I've found consistent in any "in ear" headphone. I don't hear anything excessive, especially when compared to any headphone with the noise cancelling rubber ear piece. Hope that helps
1351017
Does anyone have problems with the volume? Mine doesn't seem to be loud enough to hear in the classroom. I push the volume button all the way up, but it's really not very loud. Any suggestions? I'm using an iPod (volume all the way up) to play music through it.
521752
Quite a bit with these, I let a friend try them out with a PC game and I could hear everything quite clearly standing next to him. In general open back headphones will leak more sound, I do have a few pairs that are fairly quiet to someone nearby but these broadcast the sound very well. For your purposes I would recommend a closed-back headphone or an open-back that doesn't leak much sound (find a place to try it out first if you can).
2183701
My teenage son said, "85-90% of sound outside the headphones when music is off." I say, he homeschools next to me while I work and I always have to wave to get his attention because he cannot hear a normal voice when he has them on. I hope that helps.
1431874
In all fairness, I dont listen to classical music, so I cant jugde that. The noise isolation is ok, for a library it should be ok, I have a kid running around and it isolates enough, to not hear him