Kensington Noise Cancelling Headphones ( 33084 )
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Manufacturer: KensingtonAudio: English (Original Language)
Format: CD
Model: 33084
Color: black
Product features:
- Noise-canceling headphone set
- Eliminates background noise;Very comfortable
- Portable; One year warranty
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Customer Review: Remarkable Headphones
Summary: 5 Stars
Noise-cancelling headphones that work are always a pleasant surprise. When they cost less than $40 and work with active noise noise canelling, they're remarkable.
The Kensington Noise Cancelling Headphones aren't the last word in noise cancelling by any stretch, but they can take off the droning noise of airplane cabins or other continuous sound sources.
The most you can hope for Noise-cancelling headphones is to reduce some frequencies of continuous noise and perhaps get a small reduction in some kinds of impulse noise. Noise-canceling headphones work by simply sealing out some external noise, then sampling the environmental noise and generating an out-of-phase signal to reduce its intensity in your ear canals and Kensington Noise-cancelling headphones do their job.
The Kensington phones are supraural, meaning that they sit on top of your ear rather than circumaural, or around it, as does the category-leading (and price-leading) Bose Quiet Comfort 2 headset ($299 direct). The soft pads conform easily to your ears and form a good seal, for a measured 6 dB static reduction in outside noise just from wearing them. With noise cancelling switched on, it was measured another 4 to 5 dB of active noise reduction, averaged across the spectrum.
The Kensington headset is smaller, far less expensive, and much more portable than Bose, Senheisser and Sony.
At 5.2 ounces, the Kensington headphones are light and very comfortable for extended wear. An elastic and soft plastic band provides support at the top of your head as well as mild compression against your ears. The sides are adjustable for length and are hinged for compact storage. A switch behind the right earpiece controls the active noise reduction, and a small LED tells you when it's turned on. Power is supplied by a single triple-A battery, with the holder built into the right sidepiece. Although it skims close to the side of your head, it doesn't cause discomfort or imbalance.
The audio quality is about what you'd expect from inexpensive headphones: pleasant but not outstanding. It's bass-heavy with a tendency towards muddiness. There's falloff in the higher registers as well, which is obvious on our frequency sweeps and in critical listening to piano, violin, and jazz percussion, but using the EQ you bring these sounds out. The sound quality is adequate for noisy, public spaces, though, and the noise reduction is sufficient that you'll hear more of your music and maintain more serenity.
In terms of sound quality, Noise-canceling headphones will sound worse than comparably-priced non-NC headphones, may exist some kind of technology limitation, I did not find the answer.
Bose has become a sort of status brand to some shoppers, many find Bose products to be expensive compared to products of similar quality from other manufacturers. If you do not worry about the status of your Noise-cancelling headphones I recommend this product.
(This is my opinion as user plus summaries of Cnet, PC Magazine, AudioCubes, Ziff Davis Media Inc, Paylist)
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Noise canceling headphones light weight fold-able he -generates inverse sound wave to eliminate background noise -comfortable and lightweight for all-day use with folding design for easy storage in travel bag -includes 1-year warranty and airplane jack...Digital Cameras and Photo Categories
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