Sennheiser PXC 250

INTRODUCTION Having bought a portable DVD player to keep my daughter entertained on long car journeys, and also for me to take on long haul flights and business journeys, I went looking for a reasonably priced pair of ultra-portable, noise-cancelling headphones to accompany them, I also wanted the flexibility of using the headphones with my iPod and laptop. After a fair bit of on-line research (as well as a crafty browse through the Buyers Guide of What HiFi at my local WH Smith) I settled on Sennheiser’s PXC250, which seemed to strike a good balance between performance and affordability. I ... more

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 Cancelling headphones out for a trial on a flight I took back in July. The headphones, with their active technology, significantly reduced the level of ... more

I waited to post this review until I had a chance to test the headphones on a trip to the Canary Islands, First off, let me say that I am not a seasoned traveller, however I was keen to get a new set of headphones and thought that a noise cancelling set would provide a opportunity when travelling to take advanatage of this releatively new technology. 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 ... more

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 to offer a good sound quality, but designed to fold away into a small pouch for portability. When I first put the headphones on, it was clear that a ... more

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 normal headphones but they are good. The foldable design and case is useful for when you get to your destination and the different adaptors make it ... more