Best Noise Cancelling Headphones?

Hi I need a set of noise cancelling headphones, I travel a lot and have a bunch of long haul coming up where I need to chill with some tunes.

Do you have any? can you recommend any makes?

I've been looking at Bose, Senheiser, Sony etc

No in ear headphones as they hurt after 3+ hours IMO. Money no object but obviously I want the best at the best price!

Thanks in advance

I'd get a closed headset, I've only tried two different nosie cancelling headsets briefly (sony/bose), but they were both utter rubbish esp if you consider the price point.

get some hardcore pilot headphones and slip some earphones inside.

I swear by the Bose Quiet Comfort over ear headphones. They are amazing. My girlfriend even bought herself a pair, she was so jealous of mine. Once you wear them on an airplane, you will be in love.

Denon AH-D5000 mahogany headphones

£600+ in terms of price I think

  On 1/18/2010 at 2:57 PM, blicero said:

I swear by the Bose Quiet Comfort over ear headphones. They are amazing. My girlfriend even bought herself a pair, she was so jealous of mine. Once you wear them on an airplane, you will be in love.

these? http://www.amazon.co.uk/Bose-QuietComfort%C2%AE-Acoustic-Noise-Cancelling%C2%AE/dp/B000GFDC7C/ref=sr_1_fkmr0_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1263825447&sr=8-1-fkmr0

Yes if I could afford such things I WOULD be in love :D

  On 1/18/2010 at 3:24 PM, Craig Anderson said:

 

Denon AH-D5000 mahogany headphones

 

£600+ in terms of price I think

I drooled a bit then saw the price and stopped immediately... reserved for gods and the lucky rich.

  On 1/18/2010 at 3:38 PM, Macca said:

  On 1/18/2010 at 2:57 PM, blicero said:

I swear by the Bose Quiet Comfort over ear headphones. They are amazing. My girlfriend even bought herself a pair, she was so jealous of mine. Once you wear them on an airplane, you will be in love.

these? http://www.amazon.co.uk/Bose-QuietComfort%C2%AE-Acoustic-Noise-Cancelling%C2%AE/dp/B000GFDC7C/ref=sr_1_fkmr0_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1263825447&sr=8-1-fkmr0

you can find them for $300, that's what i paid from Bose directly.

http://www.bose.com/controller?url=/shop_online/headphones/noise_cancelling_headphones/quietcomfort_15/index.jsp&intcmp=USB01027

Those Bose are £279 in the UK direct from Bose - rip off UK again!

Must say those Denon are pure porn..

I'm leaning towards the Bose but don't like how you have to have them switched on to listen to a source. Would have thought you'd be able to listen to music in noise cancelling mode and not.

Thx

I have the sennheiser pcx 450, the noise cancelling thing is pretty amazing. but they cost around $400 USD. i read some reviews a while back and apparently this model has the best noise cancelling thing ever.

  On 1/18/2010 at 3:38 PM, Macca said:

  On 1/18/2010 at 2:57 PM, blicero said:

I swear by the Bose Quiet Comfort over ear headphones. They are amazing. My girlfriend even bought herself a pair, she was so jealous of mine. Once you wear them on an airplane, you will be in love.

these? http://www.amazon.co.uk/Bose-QuietComfort%C2%AE-Acoustic-Noise-Cancelling%C2%AE/dp/B000GFDC7C/ref=sr_1_fkmr0_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1263825447&sr=8-1-fkmr0

 

Yes if I could afford such things I WOULD be in love :D

 

  On 1/18/2010 at 3:24 PM, Craig Anderson said:

 

Denon AH-D5000 mahogany headphones

 

£600+ in terms of price I think

I drooled a bit then saw the price and stopped immediately... reserved for gods and the lucky rich.

those look so comfortable

  On 1/18/2010 at 10:50 PM, SRMG said:

I'm leaning towards the Bose but don't like how you have to have them switched on to listen to a source. Would have thought you'd be able to listen to music in noise cancelling mode and not.

 

Thx

trust me, you won't want to. they sound sooooooooooooooooooo good.

the pcx 450 sound pretty good, they don't have to be turned on to listen to a source and have this nice button that allows voice to come trough so you don't have to take them off to hear something.

this thread makes fennesz cry

  On 1/18/2010 at 1:41 PM, pigster said:

get some hardcore pilot headphones and slip some earphones inside.

lol yes

a few years ago i nicked some ear defenders that were left on the seat of a ride-on lawnmower that was left alone for about an hour in the gardens outside my house at the time. wear those over normal earphones, it's awesome

  On 1/19/2010 at 5:56 PM, Fred McGriff said:

this thread makes *merzbow cry

*I fix for you