My belief is that the B&W's depend quite a bit on passive noise attenuation (with active noise cancelling maybe accounting for 30-40%) -- which explains all the complaints about the earcup seal and clamping force for this headset since combined this would ensure physical sound isolation.

They have pretty solid passive noise cancelling just by the nature of their build, I haven't really felt the need to use ANC either in the office

Lastly, it doesn’t really suppress much noise

Well one reason is they help limit noise from leaking out of the headphone as well as preventing noise from coming in

Both these and Bose are really only going to cut repetitive white noise and low-end frequencies

but if you're into audio you will probably want more from your headphones.- Comfort 5/5- Sound quality 3/5- Looks 3/5- Noise

I'm sure the Bose has a little better noise cancelling

Not put the noise cancellation into test yet but over ear design cuts out normal background noise well.

They aren't as transparent as the AKG K702 headphones that I use at home, but they are the best sounding noise canceling headphones that I've heard.

Even without the ANC on, they isolate noise very well, and their sound quality is better than anything I've listened to before.

Buy the Sennheiser HD1 and delight in spectacular sound quality with good noise cancellation

to mid-range- Nice app to control the noise cancelling which works

Pros:+ gorgeous sleek design+ amazing sound quality with deep base and good mids and highs+ good customisable noise cancellation+ handy auto pause/resume feature+ convenient control buttons

Awesome headphones, excellent noise cancelling when you need it.

The very best noise canceling headphones I ever used would adjust all the sounds around that noise, and then, deliver the music without the noise.

Noise cancelling; for me, unnecessary and not a deal breaker if the headphones don't have it

Even without the ANC on, they isolate noise very well, and their sound quality is better than anything I've listened to before.

Well one reason is they help limit noise from leaking out of the headphone as well as preventing noise from coming in

But of all the headphones I tried it was certainly the best noise canceling

Good noise cancelling

They have pretty solid passive noise cancelling just by the nature of their build, I haven't really felt the need to use ANC either in the office

Superb noise cancellation and great sound

It has an excellent active noise cancellation and seems more comfortable to wear.

Awesome B&W sound, with decent noise cancellation to boot

and I do like their awesome noise cancelling feature

The noise cancelling works very

LG and Sony earbuds that have passive noise cancelling that I use when I run outdoors so the Pro 2's are relieved of outdoor duty too

The 1000XM2's were as comfortable as my old 1000X's and they sounded the same (excellent noise cancelling and good sound quality).

Passive noise reduction is "pretty good

they're the best wireless noise cancelling headphones you can get

Heavy headphones and the sound just wasn't what I was looking for--it just wasn't "expansive like the B&O beoplay headphones; although the noise cancelling feature is better than the B&Os, so there's that to consider; however, the sound quality in noise cancelling mode isn't as good as the B&O Beoplays, so that's an issue too.

(the B&O are a little too loose

I tested them for several weeks with a range of music from contemporary jazz (Gregory Porter, Carmen Lundy), metal (Metallica, Type O Negative), shoegaze (My Bloody Valentine), post-punk (XTC), etc.

I felt that the high was not as clear as I

I don’t want to suggest it was boring, just not as good as the 550’s or PX’s

Love the PX’s for day at work