Sennheiser PXC 250

Air travel is OK, provided you're going on holiday with someone. Conversation does a lot to alleviate the boredom. Travelling on your own is not quite the same, especially on a long-haul flight. There's usually work to be done and a bit of sleep to catch up on. Some of which requires concentration, all of which would benefit from a quieter environment. So it was a reasonably smart move by the folks at Bose to give some of their excellent Noise ...
...took back in July. The headphones, with their active technology, significantly reduced the level of noise during the flight and made working, sleeping etc that bit easier. So impressed was I that a resolution was set to own a pair of these things before my next flight. A week or two later, on discovering that mid-flight quiet from Bose would set me back the best (or worst!) part of £300, I started shopping around for other options. To my relief ...

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...I have always liked Sennheiser products, I suppose German engineers rank amongst the best (after the British of course) in the world and they pride themselves in making good quality products. The first choice I had to make was, did I want a set of in-ear headphones a'la IPOD or decide to have over the ear versions. I am not keen on sticking things in my ears (although I suppose they do tend to plug any ambiant noise better) so it was an external ...
...pages I looked at the Sennheiser PXC series, which come in a few variants, the PXC100, PXC200, & you guessed it the PXC 300 series Prices varied and I couldn't see anything major that would make me spend the extra £30 for the PXC300 units so I decided to buy the PXC 250 - £70 from Amazon.co.uk - you can choose to order them in white or black. I chose black - not wanting to advertise the fact that I have an IPOD (as it happens, I dont have one !!) ...

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...invested in a pair of Sennheiser CX 300’s which are an in-ear type and much more suitable for on-the-go and iPod use (see my review of the same on this site). Another potential downside is that they can suffer from mobile phone interference, but as I mainly use them on tube and plane, this is not really an issue for me. Battery life is pretty good. I would estimate around 16 to 20 hours of near constant use with high performance batteries, or around ...

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As a regular long-distance train traveller, I was quite interested to try out some noise-cancelling headphones to see if they make my travelling a bit more peaceful. and so far I have been very impressed. A good deal of thought has been put into the design of these headphones, as they have neither gone for the mini earbud size, with their relatively poor sound, nor the traditional big studio headphones. They are a useful half-way-house, big enough ...
...away into a small pouch for portability. When I first put the headphones on, it was clear that a lot of the noise reduction was achieved simply by the quality of the padding around the phones - there was a noticeable "calming" of ambient sounds even before I had even plugged them into anything or inserted batteries. They are also very comfortable to wear, and easily adjustable for different head sizes. The electronics that provide the noise cancellation ...

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If you do a lot of travelling on the tube, trains, buses or planes these are the headphones for you. The "Noiseguard" feature is amazing it just cuts out all the background noise so you can hear the music much clearer and strangely at quieter volumes. It is even good to use if without music if say the baby down the carrage is starting to get a bit noisy. If you want headphones for on the move you must try these. They are a bit more expensive than ...

Steve_D_1 22.03.2005 · Read full review
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...too quiet. I bought the Sennheiser PXC 250 headphones and everything changed. Even without the great noise reduction technology the headphones on their own keeps away alot of sound. But when the noise reduction is turned on, it is unbelievable! Nearly all the noise around you gets muted out so you can listen to your music without problems. A loud shout gets changed to a silent whsper and a roaring bus gets changed to a silent hum. The only small ...

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