Active noise reduction circuitry reduces the background noise while not inhibiting the safety of the wearer

Often these recordings are made under far less than optimal conditions (in restaurants/vehicles etc with lots of background noise)

When I push on them it reduces a lot more background noise.

Even the loudest machine in my shop (planer) is just background noise and doesn't interfer with the music

Active noise reduction circuitry reduces the background noise while not inhibiting the safety of the wearer

Well, they are rather suitable for my purposes - they do a fair job cutting the background noise - are decently constructed with metal supports rather than the soon-broken plastic used on most of today's headphones - and will probably hold up well

Blocks out 95 % of background noise

These will stop much background noise, but only because they are large and completly smother the ears.

Yes, I may look like a metal detecting grandma, but I can't hear the Beats By Dre haters through these awesome noise canceling headphones.(Note that the static I initially reported went