Headphones that are sound canceling and but dont create alot of noise outside of them....for cheap?

Question

I want head phones that are sound canceling but are also capable of being loud to the people around you. Also, if they were cheap, I would really like that...anybodies got any clues on if they make such a contraption plz let me know.

Answer 1

When I was looking into this, I think I recall the Sennheisers were lighter and less expensive than the Bose equivalents, but still of decent quality. The Bose headphones have a lot of mark-up due to their aggressive advertising and marketing. Sennheisers don't seem to suffer from this mark-up.

As for being loud to people around you, it's probably a function of how much acoustic 'cup' exists. The Bose has a huge cup, the smaller Sennheisers don't...they resemble more like the traditional walkman style headphones than the Bose.

http://www.sennheiserusa.com/newsite/category.asp?transid=cat8

Answer 2

I bought a $20 creative labs sound canceling head phone. You realize these only cancel low base noise and it doesn't cancel any high frequency sounds. So if you want something that's loud to the people around you, it must be lot of woman talking, any low requrency sounds will cancel out.

Answer 3

If you want headphones that are sound cancelling but not capable of being heard to the people around you I'd suggest Philips earplugs. They aren't headphones (headphones go around your head) you just plug them in your ears. They were only like $15 and come with a case and everything. I got mine from Wal-Mart they come in black or white.