Sound isolation and leaking?
1397448
The isolation is very good in this product, knowing it's a passive one. Didn't notice any leaking.
1815393
When the volume is up quite high, very minor leaking, but this was in a quiet house. Nothing that would likely be noticed in a public area.
1180544
Unfortunately, the ear pads themselves hook under 4 tabs that hold it in place LOOSELY. This means if you turn your head 90 degrees to the noise (say your hi-hats), the sound leaks in quickly and is loud. So, the sound isolation is very poor and you need better to avoid hearing loss. Find another pair.
1989188
No! Require too much power and are "semi-open" meaning they will leak sound to those around you.
2010317
yes, they leak sound but it depends on 1) how loud you like somethign when noise cancelling is on 2) how loud you can turn it up with surrouinding ambient noise They defintely leak sound though
2069889
Since my husband is the person who uses the headphones and I am in the same room with him, I can answer that question. There is NO sound leakage that I hear, and I believe that you could feel safe using them anywhere you want, and know that the sound is not being heard by others.
1875441
Nose isolation isn't the best but it's not bad. You will definitely hear outside noise on lower volumes, not loud but you'll hear them. If you really want nose isolation get over ear. Trust if i had to do it obeer again that's what I would do.
28852
Sure, I tested the "sound leak" from the Sony MDR 1R Premium for you. I turned my Zune up to above normal listening volume, I then placed the headphones on a roll of toilet paper (cans in), I could not detect any sound leakage from as little as 1 foot away (the soft ear cushions work great for holding sound IN - however read on). Now as far as passive noise cancellation is concerned - these phones truly SUCK. The sound is so realistic with these phones on, that I sometimes have to remove the headset to see if someone is calling me or if one of the tracks musicians got a bit carried away. But more than once out in my backyard man cave, I removed the headphones when I heard voices, and to my surprise it was my next door neighbors talking to each other. I could hear them WITH the headphones on and playing music, and these chatting neighbors were at least 30 feet away on the other side of a six foot cinderblock fence. The soft ear cushions seem to have a big problem when it comes to keeping noises OUT. Ergo the passive isolation sucks IMHO. Do I care? HELL N....er, I mean, not at all....I bought these for their remarkable sound. And I am not disappointed. Hope this helps
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.
33355
the design is fully "open" not "semi-open" so yes, as the sound will leak in either case.
1588566
They don't leak sound very much in my opinion, not unless you have them turned up past 70%. Though at that point it's quite loud.
231789
i'm not entirely sure about this, but i'm pretty positive that the vents are intended to improve the bass in your music and to prevent a harmful vacuum between the case and the diaphragm of the speaker any sound leak might simply be a problem with the seal around your ears, or a case of your music being really loud. i could be totally wrong about the vents though. i'm not an engineer really, i just like good quality music :)
1420199
Sound leakage at low to mid volume is not bad, but at higher volumes, it leaks terribly.
1815396
I use it on a daily basis in my office. No one was ever bothered. I also tested it having others hear classical music with high volume and I couldn't notice any leaks. Hope it helps.
804353
Yes it does prevent outside noise from coming in. If you have the volume turned down low, you can still slightly hear outside noise but otherwise it does a pretty good job of drowning outside noise. And yes sound does leak if you have the volume turned up high.
2055698
In general, no - assuming the volume is mid way. If volume is on high then there will be leakage.
1614132
No worries there's no sound leakage. Nobody will be able to hear what you are listening