noise-cancelling
Announcements
11:00AM Nick Broughall | If you’ve ever flown on a plane, you know that it’s not exactly a pleasant experience for your aural cavities. That’s why you should never fly without a pair off noise cancelling headphones. More »
Win! One Of 10 Pairs Of Panasonic HC55 Noise Cancelling Headphones
11:00AM Nick Broughall | If you’ve ever flown on a plane, you know that it’s not exactly a pleasant experience for your aural cavities. That’s why you should never fly without a pair off noise cancelling headphones. More » 
Announcements
11:37AM Nick Broughall | Rattles. Coughs. Sneezes. Other people’s music. PA announcements. Idle conversation. Shouting. The sound of a train speeding along the tracks. Aircraft noise. Your wife. Your girlfriend. The telephone. These are all sounds you avoid having to listen to with a pair of noise-cancelling headphones. And Panasonic is giving Giz readers the chance to win one of ten pairs of the HC55 noise cancellers this week. More »
Win! One Of 10 Pairs Of Panasonic HC55 Noise Cancelling Headphones
11:37AM Nick Broughall | Rattles. Coughs. Sneezes. Other people’s music. PA announcements. Idle conversation. Shouting. The sound of a train speeding along the tracks. Aircraft noise. Your wife. Your girlfriend. The telephone. These are all sounds you avoid having to listen to with a pair of noise-cancelling headphones. And Panasonic is giving Giz readers the chance to win one of ten pairs of the HC55 noise cancellers this week. More »
Music
Denon AH-NC600 Earbuds Cancel Noise, Right Down To Touched Cables
4:30AM Sean Fallon | Denon has announced the AH-NC600—their first foray into noise cancelling earbuds. They claim this new model can reduce ambient noise by 99% while delivering high quality sound. More »
Peripherals
11:16AM Nick Broughall | Last weekend I was up in the Hunter Valley at the Media Connect Influence forum with other leading technology journalists, networking and checking out some of the latest technologies. And, through my ability to ride a virtual horse better than anyone else on Sunday night, I won a pair of Sennheiser PXC 450 noise-cancelling headphones.
While the headphones aren’t exactly new, they’re still impressive enough for me to want to share the experience with you guys. While I haven’t had much of a chance to really test them out properly, I have had enough of a hands on to tell you that these headphones are like a rugby union prop – they’re big, but they get around and they perform well. Really well. More »
Hands-On: Sennheiser PXC 450 Noise Cancelling Headphones
11:16AM Nick Broughall | Last weekend I was up in the Hunter Valley at the Media Connect Influence forum with other leading technology journalists, networking and checking out some of the latest technologies. And, through my ability to ride a virtual horse better than anyone else on Sunday night, I won a pair of Sennheiser PXC 450 noise-cancelling headphones.
While the headphones aren’t exactly new, they’re still impressive enough for me to want to share the experience with you guys. While I haven’t had much of a chance to really test them out properly, I have had enough of a hands on to tell you that these headphones are like a rugby union prop – they’re big, but they get around and they perform well. Really well. More »
Vehicles
Toyota Bringing Noise Cancelling to Car Interiors
8:20AM Adam Frucci | Noise-cancelling tech, which has been available in headphones for years, is coming to cars. The new Toyota Crown Hybrid will come with three microphones that will work with three always-on active phase speakers that will make the interior of the car much quieter. By cancelling out road and engine noise, the system will be able to take the ambient cabin noise down from 50-150Hz to a whisper-quiet 8dB. Sounds pretty great to me. [Treehugger] More »
Entertainment
Binaural Beats Audio Played Through Noise Cancelling Headphones Supposedly Gives You a Drug-Like High
4:20AM Jason Chen | The site I-Doser makes the seemingly remarkable claim that playing binaural beats—pulses of two different frequencies that are slightly different into both ears at the same time—can give you a high that’s on par with taking drugs. The Jerusalem Post claims that the concept has been around since the 1830s, but has only been perfected with the introduction of noise cancelling headphones and better audio reproduction. More »
Peripherals
Lightning Review: Sony MDR-NC500D Digital Noise Cancelling Headphones
2:00AM Gizmodo US Edition | The Gadget: Sony’s MDR-NC500D, the “world’s first headphones with digital technology for noise cancelling.” These over the ear noise cancelling headphones have three different environmental modes, a monitor mode, internal reachable battery and a case full of accessories and adapters. More »
Entertainment
Comply NR-10 Earphones With Military-Grade Noise Reduction Reviewed (Verdict: Good Value)
11:50AM Sean Fallon | According to Hearing Components, their new Comply NR-10 Earphones can deliver more than 48 decibels of noise reduction using the same technology enjoyed by the US Army and Special Forces. They were also designed to “maximize bass response and deliver superior sound quality.” At US$80, it would seem like a decent value—if they worked. Fortunately, the folks at iLounge took them for a spin and weighed the pros and cons. More »
Music
Sony NWZ A720, A820 and A820K Walkman Players Have Built-in Bluetooth, 2.4-inch LCD
7:01PM Jason Chen | Sony’s NWZ-A720, A820 and A820K Walkman players all look alike, but the 8-series has added Bluetooth to sweeten the deal. It’s quite similar to their NW-A829 and NW-A828 brothers that were announced in Japan, in fact. And yes, they have noise cancellation. More »
Peripherals
