Product Description
Shut off the outside world with MDR-NC6 noise canceling headphones. Ambient sound can be reduced over 10dB at 300Hz, which means you'll hear more music, and less plane/train/bus noise. Noise canceling headphones are great for work, traveling, or even when you're trying to sleep in a loud place. The MDR-NC6 have a slim swivel folding design, making them more compact for storage. Includes plug adapter to connect directly to a stereo or dual jack of in-flight music services.
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Small enough to keep with you at all times and ideal for achieving peace and quiet in planes, trains, buses, and cars, Sony's MDR-NC6 noise-canceling over-ear headphones reduce perceived outside noise by more than 70 percent (up to 10 dB at 300 Hz) so you can hear musical nuances against a quieter background.
The headphones' noise-canceling circuit senses outside noise using tiny, built-in microphones and sends an equal-but-opposite canceling signal to the headphone drivers, effectively blocking solid-state (continuous) noise from 40 to 1,500 Hz. It's especially effective on noises like air-conditioning systems, freeway rumble, and airplane engines (from a passenger's perspective).
The switchable noise-canceling circuitry runs for approximately 30 hours on a single AAA alkaline battery. When noise canceling is off, the headphones continue to function for standard music listening (and with slightly better sound quality). The headphones' neodymium-magnet diaphragms deliver powerful sound.
The headphones and their swiveling earcups fold for easy storage, and a special supplied adapter facilitates use of the headphones with an airplane's audio system.
What's in the Box
Headphones, a carry pouch, an in-flight adapter, and a user's manual.
Customer Reviews:
Self-defeating Design.......2007-12-26
Do not buy! I don't really understand what the designers were thinking. The sound/power cord runs through the swivel point on the ear cup. Over time(not long), the wires rub against the plastic hole which cuts through, stopping all functionality. I have lost respect for Sony as whole for producing such a poorly designed product.
Device classification: "Smart ***" . . . !.......2007-12-24
Honestly, I bought these headphones thinking "Oh, wow! These'll be great for me to chill with while I'm at work or driving or trying to take a nap!" Sure... they... were for my brother abou' the the time of the initial purchase, buuut... who needs brothers anyway? So, they're mine. I'll buy him and my other bro some also. : )
When I bought this headset, I expected HEADPHONES. Normal, everyday headphones with a bit better quality. I didn't give a thought to this noise-canceling stuff. I'm a naturally relaxed and worry free person, so little hums and buzzes and muttering and clapping and clanking and stepping and prepping and slurping and breaking glass and screaming babies and a texas wind blowing 70 miles per hour against poorly built houses and work places and old suburbans' rattling metal hulls and- . . . OKAY, noise canceling! Right!
Well, anyway, on to the review. The sound quality is, as far as I can tell up to this point, acceptably good quality. In fact, for the price I payed, it's spectacular; even pleasing and well-satisfying. Everything is right, and it can deal a happy-cool load of bass. Unlike other, smaller and/or even less expensive models or brands, this set can give hint as to the existence of the LCD volume bar. Now, I've owned several similar headsets before it - all of which have been destroyed by a forgetful leaving and... sitting . . . soooo not fat - but I'd like to give these an 8/10 for their above-basic music (with noise cancel off; HOLD ON! I'm getting to it!) rep.
Standard sound quality: 8/10
Volume Limit: 8/10 *using PSYC CD-Walkman D-NEO50 by Sony w/ MDR-NC6*
Now, as for noise canceling feature, which I know all of you are anxious to hear about, I say "finally." The last time I heard about noise canceling was when people were visiting my house to try to sell me some $200-$600 headphones. This does, yes, exclude that thanksgiving in 2003 when I accidentally invited my aunt's twice removed (and, really, non-family-affiliated) step-sister's great great grandmother's old-co-worker's friend's great grandson and, by the suggestion of my aunt, we all used noise-canceling earplugs for a couple of days.
. . . But I'm just trying to get attention. . . I lied, anyway.
Noise Canceling Feature:
By price- 9/10
[I'm happy to announce that our long awaited budget-friendly noise canceling feature is a hit! It works as Sony advertises... or, you know, mainly. If you understand the technology backing this feature, then I'll leave it at "'nuff said, works as expected to." However, if you're one of those types that can't find a TV remote digging through all of your 40 year old shoes and stockings, let'a'lone operate one. . . Well, it works this way: Sound goes in (microphones are outside of the headphones, on the actual phone's external surface), the mini-COMPUTER ; D inside of the set kills that sound in a really cool way, and you hear the figurative sum of whatever you're playing on a CD player or music device plus everything coming in as a result of inequal cancelation (not-good- killing -of-outside-sound) that was supposed to happen in the set's COMPUTER. Make more sense? Well, no, of course not... but my point in all of this is--- "These headphones will quiet annoying noises, not take them out of existence completely."
By Type Of Product: 7/10
Let's admit it... there are some badbutt products out there. Sure, they may cost you your house, your dog, and your dog's garden-gnome's friend's ex...something...twice removed (whatever) person thing, but they work a whole hell of a lot better when it comes to noise cancellation. So, if you want something that expensive, get something that expensive. Me? I'd just be too worried about crushing or losing it to actually want to purchase it. 7/10 isn't a BAD rating, so don't fool yourself! : )
We have two more to go.
Comfort: 7/10
I don't have a big, fat head. These don't crush my ears, even after an hour of continuous nap-listening, and they don't feel too tight or too loose. Judge for yourself. If you think you should be wearing a pillow, wear a dang pillow. Here's a quick hint: Hurry, get a measuring tape. Measure your head . . . Now, what did it say? No, not the tape! The fact that you actually DID that! You must have a fat head and no self esteem; don't buy these headphones. : P
Build quality: 6/10
Okay, this is an honest score. I don't think they were build with considerable care. Now, don't get me wrong... the design is nice, especially for such cheap "upper-line" headphones... but at the same time, it's almost like sony had them two-piece cup-molded. They could have gotten rid of the plastic witness marks and such, at the very least. This shouldn't matter so much, in any case, but many people have some loose "parts" (*COUGH*) and won't buy a plain product.
Well guys, that's mah review. Just so you'll know, in case you still haven't figured it out, these headphones will PLAY MUSIC and are intended TO play music. Play music with them! Please! If you fly enough to want to go out and buy some $400 headphones that you KNOW you'll only use to shut crying babies and yappy people up with, don't buy these instead. Continue to your specialty sites, where they will happily spread the love of internet virii and false idolatry.
Pretty Good. Not Great........2007-12-24
I got these to block out noisy cubicle cohorts. When I switch on the AAA-powered noise canceling feature, the ones farther away can't be heard anymore. If I also pipe music through these, then the closer ones disappear too. WoW!
These are nowhere near as comfy as my Bose Quiet Comfort 3's, but I didn't want to bring those into the office and have them walk off. I'd actually have to say that these Sony heaphones are the least comfortable over-the-ears headphones I've ever owned. I've had some inexpensive ones in the past without noise canceling that I've used on all-niters. I seriously could not last a few hours with these on. They are for temporary relief of noisy co-workers only.
It works.........2007-12-23
These are nothing fancy, and seem like they are a bit on the fragile side, but, they do work and they are reasonably priced for what you get.
I was surprised!.......2007-12-21
I thought this product was really good. To tell you the truth I didn't expect much of it since the price was considerably different from similar products. It's not 100% sound proof, though, and that's why I didn't give 5 stars. But I almost never use the Noise Cancelling option since the headphones themselves are already sufficient to muffle a lot of the sound. I'm a law student and spend all day in the library, with my laptop and this headphone. I need it to concentrate and I think so far it has done a good job. What Sony promisses, it delivers.
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NOISE CANCELING HEADPHONES, OPEN AIR TYPE, DRIVER UNITS: 38mm
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