BUT, even if you aren't interested in listening to music, these will effectively dim the noise of your companions and that baby in the row across the way

PASSIVE NOISE CANCELLING:1

But, the way they cup over your ear and hold the sound in makes them work well to keep out unwanted noise

(To avoid misunderstanding also, these are not noise canceling headphones, though the closed, oversized ear cups do isolate most outside noise.)These headphones seem clearly designed to compete with the wildly successful Dr. Dre, Beats, recently acquired by Apple, but their acoustic properties are very different

* Bass was not as strong as I