Quincy Abeyie wrote:
Noise cancelling headphones are a must for me when working at home with other people present. WH-1000XM3 is supposed to be the best one I think, but pretty pricey. I just have an old wired QC25, I still think they work decently well.
Mate I'm sorry but your headphone recommendation (tbf you didn't really recommend them) are horrible. The WH-1000 (I heard just the XM4, doubt XM3 sounds better) has the resolution of headphones that should cost around 100 and the QC25 are -I wrote something mean here before I realised you own them 😆- err not good. Bose in general is a lifestyle company barely above stuff like Monster Beats By Dre etc.
The only time I'd ever recommend active noise cancellation headphones is for people who are on a plane several times a week, and even then it's not a given. It's basically voodoo for everyone else because you need a consistent noise source for them to work as advertised otherwise they tend to distort. Most good cans have decent enough passive NC (almost every in ear monitors does unless you have freak ears) and paying a premium so I can have a builtin equaliser to frame my audio input so I don't realise the pitiful level of detail doesn't make any sense to me. Almost all ANC phones I ever tried also have far too much and muddy bass and poor or no mids too.
If you do indeed fly a lot and must have ANC I'd try the beyerdynamic Lagoon, although beyerdynamic themselves have much better cans in the same price region if you pass on the ANC.
