The Sonys let too much "outside sound" in, background noises, pet sounds, all the junk that keeps you from really enjoying your music

They don't block out all background noises, but I don't turn the volume up very loud, and as a mom, I do still need to have some awareness of what's going on in the background.

If you watch a movie with these and a plane is in the background noises, don't be alarmed if you take the headphones off to make sure one didn't really fly nearby because your aren't alone

They block out most background noise and are incredibly comfortable

But, those headphone surrounds are comfortable, and great at sealing in music, and blocking background noise!

They were a bit more expensive than I was hoping for, but after a lot of research, I realized I wasn't going to get quality headphones for less than $50.These headphones aren't entirely noise-cancelling, but the quality of the sound is spectacular, and they do cancel out quite a bit of background noise

Though they're not active noise-cancelling headphones, these block out a lot of background noise

and I want to minimize the background noise

These headphones are comfortable to wear, and the enclosed design helps reduce background noise.

This one is very good, eliminates most of background noise.

I used these with my computer volume on 50% and I couldn't hear any background noises at all

They're comfortable even with glasses on and they sound great while blocking a significant amount of background noise

I'm just a regular gal who likes to listen to music without hearing a lot of background noise.

They block out background noise very well

They are comfortable, cut out background noise and produce quality sound from any device.

The Sonys let too much "outside sound" in, background noises, pet sounds, all the junk that keeps you from really enjoying your music

They drowned out enough that background noise isn't a distraction and so these are good enough for me.

I am so happy with them because they have great sound quality and you can't hear any background noise when listening to your favorite music

My experience with this pair has been the exact opposite, 0 problems, nothing but more enjoyable sound with less background noise.

The sound is now all messed up, it still plays the background noises of songs and parts of games, but it seems like the main track like voices and focal sound doesn't play

Sealed design also takes away some background noise

I use them at work and they help to cancel other background noise.

You might have to turn up the volume a bit higher to drown out background noise (depending on your environment), but these will do the trick.

I needed something inexpensive to do some basic mixing and reduce background noise in a closed room - this is adequate for my purposes but would definitely upgrade for critical listening.

That being said, I use them for doing QA in medical transcription, and the sound is superior (at least for the spoken word with background noise) to help me fill in the blanks!

I lasted more than 3 years now & its still as good as

Compared to my "bass enhancing headphones," this headphones sometimes start clipping when I play my bassThe leather or vinyl material that goes around your ears is the classic material that starts to wear out and break as you sweat it or if you leave it in any warm placeOther than these 2 comments, for the price, and if you are looking to hear your mix as real as possible, this is a good choice.

and they are just as great as when I first got them (

They would fit over my ears but still cause discomfort after a few minutes, as well as get pretty warm

I was convinced by a friend to pick up Skullcandy ones as a replacement, and nice as those are

The headset sounds good, but does not isolate noise quite as much as I would like.

The padding is great, the only thing is that my ears must be huge because if I wear these too long my ears start to hurt a little as if there isn't enough room

I plugged it to my laptop as well as into the port of the speaker system amplifier

I returned them as fast as I got them

so they were not as durable as I originally either

I can play these as loud as I care to

I highly recommend getting a headphone amp with these, such as the FiiO E-6.