Are these noise canceling (closed design) or open?
1393122
They are over the ear cans. They don't have any active noise cancelling properties, rather passive insofar that the cans form a nice seal around the entire ear. I love mine.
1393123
Closed - I can hear a little around me. A friend has the "open" and you can hear most everything in the room. Just personal choice. Excellent set. Best by far.
1393124
I can tell you that they fully cover my ears and I really can't hear much around me when they are on.
1915302
Hi, I don't particularly remember, because I bought and returned these over a year ago. If I remember right, though- one of the things that annoyed me was the lack of isolation. They're not completely open like open back headphones, nor do they make a complete seal, so you get this annoying in-between where you can't understand anything going on around you, but it still interferes with music listening. Does that make sense?
925817
These are closed-back headphones. They do have a small button in the audio line (from your audio device to the headphones) that can be pressed to hear external sounds while wearing the headphones (for example, in order to have a conversation with the airline attendant), but it is very clumsy and difficult to use, I find it easier to simply remove one headphone from one ear...
1329244
Not sure what your asking open or closed ? Closed if you are wanting to know if only the person wearing them can hear them. I can not hear the sound from them when my husband uses them 3ft from me. I love that about them.
429280
they are "around ears". they're huge. one of the most comfortable closed back headphones. (ie still not as good as open-back headphones...)Adam, in-ear.com
1157714
Sound? A lot b/c they are an "open back" design (as are most planar magnetic headphones).
471640
They are the exact opposite... they are open headphones so they let basically all noise in
1654937
It's nose isolation just by the closed ear design. Works pretty well, just not specifically a feature (a small amount of outside sound still gets through)
1782434
The ones I have are in my opinion not noise-cancelling. They are just simple high quality headphones.
1728292
They block out ambient noise well but are not noise cancelling. At best, you might consider these "noise isolating".
1782436
These are not noise-cancelling headphones; they are open-back. As such, they're ideal for use at home.
1716287
They are open. The only thing blocked on the bottom is the usb port and the earphone port.
1590596
This is really a google search for a definition of a term. Not exactly a review of a product. They are noise isolating and do it well. Read this to learn what noise isolation means.http://lifehacker.com/5770258/the-difference-between-noise-isolating-and-noise-cancelling-headphones
2199042
These are not noise-cancelling headphones, which require a microprocessor to analyze the environment and generate a phase-reversed signal to cancel out noise. These are just plain headphones. However, the closed-ear design does mean that they cut out a fair amount of ambient noise. I sometimes put on similar headphones during air travel just to cut down on the noise. These headphones are reasonably good for recording studio use, which is why I bought them. I'd say they cut down ambient noise levels by something like 6-10 dB, which is pretty significant. Compared to the cost of actual noise-cancelling phones, these--or a similar closed ear design--seem like a decent solution for air travel. They do fold up some, and that's helpful for travel.
1539350
No, they're not noise canceling headphones, they're isolation headphones. Noise-canceling headphones have built-in battery-powered circuitry that cancels noise through phase inversion. These headphones are designed to keep sound from bleeding out into a microphone while recording and to keep loud sounds, like drums, from bleeding in and interfering with what you are trying to listen to while recording. The closed back and over ear design give you a good seal. They will block a lot of noise, but not quite like the active circuitry in noise-canceling headphones.
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Closed back headphones completely cup your entire ear while open backs cover your ear but have ridges on the padding which allows ambient noise to travel thru. The bonus of closed backs is they block out so much extra noise in ur vicinity allowing you to listen music, play video games etc without any distractions.
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I got a pair of these around Christmas time... as far as I know they're the same as the ones that are more expensive. Mine does have the switch for noise cancelling.