Sony MDR-NC6 Noise-Canceling Headphones

[superiorduck]

Hi.... i'm intented to get a noise cancelling phones, but I don't want to spend a lot of money, and I found a pair of Sony MDR-NC6 noise cancelling phones in the Sony Store here at a great price. I found a mixed reviews at amazon.com, and, maybe i can find a some "expert" review here in this forum. Due to the lack of phones at home, i believe this phones are, for the money, a best choice.... or get a Bose's phones (too, too expensive for me!) Thanks

[Richard]

Hi.... i'm intented to get a noise cancelling phones, but I don't want to spend a lot of money, and I found a pair of Sony MDR-NC6 noise cancelling phones in the Sony Store here at a great price. I found a mixed reviews at amazon.com, and, maybe i can find a some "expert" review here in this forum. Due to the lack of phones at home, i believe this phones are, for the money, a best choice.... or get a Bose's phones (too, too expensive for me!) Thanks

The only Noise Cancelling phones I have found that are any good are the MDR-NC11A. They sound good with the cancelling on or off, they have a good frequency response of 10-22000hz, they are the canal style and actually sound very similar to the MDR-71EXSL / 81EXSL - but unfortunately suffer from the same weak cables.

But the noise-cancelling works very well on planes /trains I have found.

Edited March 27, 2006 by richyhu

[superiorduck]

I'll check it out, thank you

[BIGHMW]

I currently (until I test out the NC22 IEM's I just got on eBay) use them along with my MZ-NH700 and the RM-MC40ELK, a perfect setup for my personal use (see signature below, they are all silver and 2004 units), but having not known of the JE (Japan Edition) version having a standard 0.5m (remote-friendly) short cord and 1.0m extension, I had to buy one from here in the US (Global version (non-JE version) and desolder the 1.5m long cord and cut the cord off of a defective EX71SL to use on it so I can have a remote-friendly (homemade "JE"-style version) pair of NC6's.

If you choose to get them (or the NC50's or the new NC60's), I highly recommend you get the JE version (lol getting them through Audio Cubes, as they stopped carrying them as of this writing. maybe one of our Japanese friends can help you out) because of the shorter cord, especially if you own a remote-controlled unit, rather than have to learn to use a soldering iron and DIY a cord off an EX71 like I did, IMHO.