I was wondering if anyone has tried the noise canceling headphones (back
ground noise not noise from radio). I saw them forsake at Brookstones for
$200.00. Any comments?

Les

That slould read forsale not forsake!!!
"Les" wrote in message
...
I was wondering if anyone has tried the noise canceling headphones (back
ground noise not noise from radio). I saw them forsake at Brookstones for
$200.00. Any comments?

Les

i have two pair of panasonic noise cancelling phones. one is the regular
over the head type, the other is earbuds. the big phones work great but
the earbuds are the best. both models only cancel the lower frequencies
leaving the vocal range and higher intact. i use them to listen to sw in
a dumptruck. they take out lots of engine and road noise but i can still
hear traffic and the two-way radio for safety's sake. i got them at
wall-mart on closeout for $26. these are the greatest audio advancement
since the invention of stereo. i haven't used phones with full spectrum
cancelling but they must be better yet. the effect is kind of subtle but
i am very happy with them. $200 seems steep. i saw sony noise cancelling
phones at wall mart on saturday for about $70. i cant vouch for them yet
and i don't know if they have full cancelling or partial cancelling like
mine but they are a lot cheaper, for $200 i would expect high end phones
like sennheiser or bose. at the age of 45 i don't think my hearing is
still good enough to justify the expense. why pay for audio frequency
response from 10hz. to beyond 26,000 hz. when my ears are more like
40hz. to 15,000 hz. that would be wasted money.

"Les" wrote in message
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Any comments?

For what it's worth I did a quick web surch for the brand name "SoundShield"
and came up with mostly a product to insulate an engine (mostly a jeep).
Didn't find anything related to electronics. Sounds scary to me. RM~

Yes, I bought a pair ( cheaper ones)
they will take out steady " ROAR" type noise; A/C, Jets, Road noise, some
subqway sounds..
but are totally unaffective against Music From Next Door..
- Once they come in with an " Anti Music " set, then maybe I'll buy

And I think they all use the same " Noise Cancellation Technology" chips,
but put them in nicer package & charge more..

Go for teh cheapest ones, IMHO

Dan / NYC




In article , "Les"
writes:

Subject: Headphones
From: "Les"
Date: Sun, 17 Oct 2004 12:40:48 -0400

I was wondering if anyone has tried the noise canceling headphones (back
ground noise not noise from radio). I saw them forsake at Brookstones for
$200.00. Any comments?

Les

Company web link to NCTI . . .

http://www.nct-active.com/

http://finance.yahoo.com/q/pr?s=NCTI.OB


In article ,
(Diverd4777) writes:


Yes, I bought a pair ( cheaper ones)
they will take out steady " ROAR" type noise; A/C, Jets, Road noise, some
subqway sounds..
but are totally unaffective against Music From Next Door..
- Once they come in with an " Anti Music " set, then maybe I'll buy

And I think they all use the same " Noise Cancellation Technology" chips,
but put them in nicer package & charge more..

Go for teh cheapest ones, IMHO

Dan / NYC

The best headphones at a good price is definately Japan Radio CO
ST-3... very durable and excellent quality for shortwave where high
fidelity is not necessary.


In fact I don't recommend high-fi headphones for SW... for they are
made for good frequency range and therefore too "wide" for shortwave.
The ST3's are good if you can dish out the $80.. but I am sure you
could find them on EBAY or something cheaper.

I recall for Christmas one year I was given 3 pairs of RadioShack
communication headphones with those thin connector feedlines... all 3
pairs broke down in 4 months.

I said screw it.... time to get good headphones. Picked up the ST3 at
universaleeradio and have had no problems for more than a year now.

For what it's worth there is a pair of David Clarks on ebay. They have the
over top of head band. I have a pair that has the band behind the neck.
Regardless of the band these sound better than anything I have ever used. I
disconnected and removed the mike on mine and replaced the plug with a
standard 1/4 in mono phone plug. See more info at www.davidclark.com

RM~

Rob Mills wrote:

For what it's worth there is a pair of David Clarks on ebay. They have the
over top of head band. I have a pair that has the band behind the neck.
Regardless of the band these sound better than anything I have ever used. I
disconnected and removed the mike on mine and replaced the plug with a
standard 1/4 in mono phone plug. See more info at www.davidclark.com

RM~

The Dave Clark H10-13X ENC noise cancelling headphones are undoubtedly
the best available for SW listening but you could also buy a good SW
receiver for about the same price!

http://www.avshop.com/catalog/produc...tid=824&ref=60


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