Noise-cancelling headphones recommendation

I'm a big huge fan of Grado headphones and don't personally find them uncomfortable--actually, the SR60s with the full foam cups are the most comfy Grados I've tried. They're a bit forward, but they are clean and resolving enough that I take the tradeoff.

The problem with the Grados is they're the anti-noise cancelling headphone. They're open-ear so they will throw a small amount of sound out and around you, while letting some sound in. I like them on trains and planes because the environment is usually noisy enough that you won't bug anyone with them, and you can still hear a steward/ess approaching as long as you're not rockin' out too much.

Let us know how the Maxells work out. The price is certainly right!

Thank you for all advices. After some searching around I purchased the Maxell HP-NC3 Lightweight Noise Canceling Headphones from buy.com for $20. I only use it for a one time trip to Asia on the airplane so hopefully the noise cancelation circuit will do its job.

I just picked up some ultimate ears super.fi 3 studio ear canal headphones and I love them. They're $99, and they work about as well as ear plugs on reducing noise. The backround noise is cut down dramatically with them on, and I find myself listening at much much lower levesl than I used to... which is a very good thing for your ears. For noise reduction realistically they work about as well as the Bose ones do even though they're passive, on top of that they cost 1/3 as much and don't sound like ass. They're certainly worth considering.

Gary

Just have done alot of reading on headphones and I decided on a pair of Shure E2C which have received good reviews. I paid $75.00 delivered and should get them tomorrow. Drop me an email and I can provide you with the website that I ordered from. The Shures will be used with a iAudio U2 mp3 player for the gym and hopefully will sound good. The recommendation for the Grado SR60 is a good one, although they are not considered "noise cancelling" headphones and are a bit uncomfortable. I own a pair of Grado SR80's and love the sound, but again the comfort is lacking.

There is one. Just got Amazon catalog. Philips HN-110 for $39.99. For the money its worth a try.

I have an old set of SONY noise cancelling "ear buds" and a set of Etymotic Research.

On flights to asia (I go 5X/year) it's the sony's... in the car (when being driven) it's teh ER's (at home it's the Stax).

Thank you for the link, I found alot of info there.

I use Grado SR60's for flights to Asia. Sound better than any noise canceling headphones at a fraction of the price.

The head-fi.org is a good resource. Wheen you do a search with them you will often find yourself on another retailer's web page. No problem; it just takes a lot of work to find what you want.

probably can get all you want by running a search and/or posting at head-fi.org. At that price range, though, I would doubt that you would get much.

For the same reasons I ordered Bose, ($300) pair. they were nice but you cannot turn the noise cancelling option off, that after prolonged use gave me a headache. I returned them and went shopping. I found a pair of Sennheisen PXC 250, for $169. The Sennheiser have a PXC 150 that was $125 but the particular store was out, and I didn't have much time to look around. Well, I went to Europe and back, and I highly recommend this pair. For the movies and music they performed flawlessly. They are compact, easyly folded and have a on and off switch for "noise cancelling" which I found to be a nice feature.

What, is this a trick question, or something?