Noise Canceling Headphones

Love the new headphones

Pros: Excellent design, work great w/rechargeable batteries

Cons: None

I love the way that they fold up for storage. It's almost like they create a "wall of sound". They really do block out the noise, especially when you're listening to music on your computer. Better than your model MDR-V150. They even work with rechargeable AAA batteries. Excellent design. I would absolutely recommend to a friend.

Weak

Pros: great sound, noise canceling

Cons: break easily

I bought 3 pairs of these, and in every one the cord broke right next to the plug. horrible design, dont buy these!

Clever but weak

Pros: Folds, comes w adapter, cheap, some noise cancelling

Cons: Fragile

For the price these phones work well. At a coffee shop or on a plane they will redice annoying constant background adequately. They fold ingeniously taking up little space and have a good sound. These are not rugged. The plastic design throughout causes them to start falling apart bit by bit until ultimately they break beyond home repair with superglue or duct tape. I got them free with credit card points so I have no big complaints. I made them last about two years.

MDR-NC7/BLK Noice Cancelling Headphones

Pros: Excellent performance, Terriffic Value

Cons: No carry case

I bought this headphone for my husband because he is always traveling with his job. He constantly tells me how he enjoys this headphone on the airplane. It is comfortable on his ears and does the job of blocking out surrounding noise. His music or whatever he is listening to is clear and does not cut off and on while in use. Prior to making this purchase I read a number of articles and reviews of various different noise cancelling headphones. All the research pointed me to this product without spending a fortune. The only thing I would change or add to this product would be adding a compact carrying case.

Horrible

Pros: Loud

Cons: Didn't block ambient noise, bad foam pad design, the bass was flat, didn't fold well

The overall design of the headphones were awful. The sound quality was also horrible and had no bass what so ever. I returned them the day i bought them.

WHAT A WASTE OF MONEY

Pros: foldable

Cons: noise cancelling makes no difference & SO QUIET

so quiet...! Had such high expectations of the noise cancelling feature... A complete disappointment!

lame

Pros: Look nice

Cons: break easy

These break easy just like every other Sony consumer headphone. You would think paying 30 dollars more than the basic models would get you some quality build. Unfortunately not. Also, the noise cancelling seems to introduce the in/famous Sony "bass boost". I opened them after they broke and you can see the little mics and the circuit for the noise cancelling but I swear there is some kind of bass boost going on to fool you into thinking it sounds better.

Best $50 ever spent!

Pros: Everthing

Cons: none

the best headphones for 50 bucks, plus it has noise-cancelling and sony performence.

Convinced . . .

Pros: Lightweight, comfortable, clean design, folds neatly, long cord, bag and plug, most noise eliminated.

This headset must be the most comfortable equipment I've ever used. It wasn't too heavy, and folds up neatly. I was happy to see that the cord was longer than the previous headphone I used, thus was not restricting. Not all, but most noise was eliminated, making the experience of listening an enjoyable one. The bag and travel plug is appreciated. It is worth the price entirely.

come on sony

Pros: they fold i guess that may be a pro

Cons: everything

i bought these expecting awesome sound and quality noise canceling without problems i got the opposite this is the worst Sony product I've ever purchased the noise canceling sucks you can barely call them these noise canceling headphones so when you put this Lil battery in and turn on the power it sounds fine but without it is sucks it should cancel the noise also the mics that attempt to cancel sound are extremely sensitive and the fold able design is faulty because one of the pieces snapped off and i had to return them I'm glad that i did also these headphones barely even fit on your head they slip off very easily come on Sony wheres the quality i thought you had?

Extremely fragile

The construction is really fragile, so the plastic piece has cracked on both ears. I'm trying to keep them marginable usable with packing table, which of course looks ridiculous and thwarts most of the swiveling. I wouldn't consider this product unless you plan to carry it around with kid gloves. (It's my 1st pair of NC headphones so i'll defer to the audiophiles on that topic.)

Best money spent

Pros: design, color

Cons: carrying pouch could be better

Best outhere for the price, owned skullcandy headphones and these beat them also classy and modern

I WANT MY MONEY BACK!!!

If you ever plan on doing anything serious with those headphones you can just forget about it right now. Sound is horrible. On top of it - after 10 mins of wearing those phones your ears start to HURT and it's unbearable. I want to keep listening to my music but I just feel like if I don't take them off I'll lose my ears. Please, MY MONEY BACK!!!

These Headphones Have a Lot of Problems!!!!

Pros: Somewhat good sound, excellent 87.4% ambient noise cancelling, & great price.

Cons: Fragile, uncomfortable, no volume control/ in-line remote, not that stylish, & not that many color options available.

As u can tell from the title of this review, these headphones have a lot of problems!!!! First of all, there's no rubber band on either this pair of headphones or the new MDR-NC8 that replace this pair of now discontinued MDR-NC7 headphones. There's no padding at the top of the headband like on the MDR-NC200D headphones!!!! Then secondly, there's no volume control/ in-line remote on any of those three headphones, except for the DR-NC201IP!!!! Third, these headphones are really fragile & break way too easily!!!! Fourth, they're not that stylish except for the new MDR-NC8 headphones that do look stylish, & there aren't many color options available besides black & with on both models!!!! Despite the fact that/ even though both of these headphones have problems that Sony will hopefully improve on, for the great price & good sound, I would recommend u to definitely NOT buy these headphones & just go straight for Beats Solo HD Metallic Blue Headphones because of their supreme sound quality & their stylishness. I just recommend the Metallic Blue because that's my favorite color besides orange & green, but they also look really in Metallic Blue. I mean, if u wanna get a different color, that's up to u, but I'd recommend u sticking to Metallic Blue.

HORRIBLE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Pros: hatew

Cons: hate

first is that the noise cancelation is bad u can turn it on an it dosnt make a difference aslo the speaker makes a beeping noise. go 4 bose it is so much better quality as well as noise cancelation

best present ever

Pros: great sound clarity, real noise cancelling, a lot of bass for a little headphone, and also fold up to become mobile.

Cons: requires battery to achieve the full potential, and nowhere to put wire

it is an amazing headset. i got mine for christmas and i completely love it. i never write reviews for things but this thing was so handy and i loved it so much i just had to join the site and write one. but i have to say it should cost more. the only thing i don't like is that you have to put a battery in it, not a big one, and "turn it on" to get near studio/bose sound quality. so overall like i said before, just downright amazing.

Decent headphone, but not good

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Cons: Read review

These are decent headphones, I haven't had any real problems though. The "noise cancelling" barely reduces noise, but increases sound quality. The base isn't the best either, but if you have an mp3 player with a built in EQ then you can mess with it to get good base. Overall the quality is good for 50$, but I recommend you save the 50$ for higher quality headphones like the MDR-NC60 or the 100$ Able Planet headphones.

Pros: comfortable, decent sound.

Cons: They don't cancel enough noise, it just makes sound seem further away.

They don't do much to cancel noise, but the sound quality is decent and they are farily comfortable. Overall, I would not buy them again, I wanted it to be very quiet when I had them on and it says they cancel 87% of noise, but it seems more like 40%.

Feeling Good & Awesome

Pros: Noise reduction

Cons: Need to make talk control & mic to iphone

The best seperation I have ever heard on any head phone system !!

Great product!

Pros: Quality, price and light weight.

Cons: none

Can't go wrong with Sony. Cool design, light weight and it comes with a pouch. It also sounds great.

Great

Pros: Compact, cancel some sound out, are soft

Cons: need to put iphone in airport mode

great headphones. reliable, and sound great. noise cancelling feature work pretty well.

eh

Pros: collapsable

Cons: Noise canceling doesn't work. Takes a battery

I am a professional videographer. I bought these headphones for shoots. I was very disappointed. First of all the battery dies very quickly and doesn't help that much. Second I can hear people talking around me when I am trying to listen to the audio coming from my mic across the room. These headphones would be ok for postproduction work. However if you are a professional I would keep looking.

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Dont even think about it

Pros: great brand

Cons: horrible product

I paid $60 dollars for these headphone today, and it took me about 15mins to realize how poor the sound quality is. The worst thing about headphones is it gave me a nauseous headache, after that i took them off and packed it back in the box for return. These headphones are no different than a generic brand, dont be fooled..

Not very pleased

Pros: Design

Cons: not comfortable, sound quality dissatisfaction

Well for that price they could've made them better I think. First I didn't like the fact that they don't cover your ears and also after 25 min of use your ears start to hurt - BAD. About the sound... definitely surprised since they are product of Sony, what I mean is that for 50 bucks you could have made the sound quality nice. These headphones have terrible low frequency capabilities but in mid and high they are decent which doesn't mean perfect at all. Design is AMAZING and pretty stylish but... if you are buying headphones I'm sure thats not what you are looking for in first place. I saw them yesterday on the shelf for 48 $ or something close to it, and I thought since they are Sony (I always buy Sony products because they are my favorite brand and never had any remarks until now) they should be nice, but the sound quality was so disappointing that I have decided to return them day after they were purchased.