Noise canceling headphones?


I have been reading about the noise canceling headphones from Sennheiser and some other brands. Can anyone that has tried these give some insight in to the validity of this technology?

I flew United Business Class the other day, they gave you noise canceling headphones. When I turned on the noise canceling, it was like pushing the loudness button on an old amp. Not very pleasant. I would like to know whether the Sennheiser et all are any better?
njonker

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I have tried a cheap Brookstone and the Sennheiser NC headphones and agree with what's posted above. I do find it relaxing on long flights but the sound quality is not very good compared to the better Sennheiser's and Grado's. I have not tried the Etymotic.