Sennheiser PXC 250 Consumer Headphones

Pros: Comfort, lightness, acceptable sound (with battery), moderate price
Cons: Poor sound without power, clunky battery and cabling, "ear pressure"

You may have checked out my profile, and may wonder why I seem to have a fixation on noise “canceling” (let’s switch to “reducing” right away) headphones. Two words: business travel. Noise reduction makes air travel far more relaxing. A lot of the ...

Pros: CRYSTAL CLEAR, Small, Sexy, Good Value for the Money
Cons: Cumbersome battery pack and wires. Less bass kick.

I am a student working with Sound Engineering, music mixing, and the like. I am in the process of searching out a good pair of headphones for around $120 to $150. I bought a pair of Sennheiser PXC250 headphones from Circuit City. The first pair I ...

Pros: Lightweight, great sounding, compact, decent price.
Cons: Always needs batteries to sound good, not too bad.

I've been listening to budget headphones (<$20) forever, and I recently got a pair of Sennh eiser HD-497's. Completely blown away! I never noticed how dull my old headphones were. So when I started traveling a lot ...

Pros: Nice style, good headphones in general.
Cons: "white noise" while on noise reduction. Too delicate.

I just tried these headphones today for about 2 hours, and although I read the reviews on the newegg.com site where they were given a 5/5 as well as a friend of mine recommending them... I'll like to say that I was very disapointed. The headphones ...

Pros: Noise Cancellation, Good Sound Quality, Comfortable, Foldable, Nice Bag, Airline Adapter
Cons: Noise Cancellation Device Quite Big, Sound Quality So-so with Noise Cancellation Off

What is Noise Cancellation Noise cancellation usually implies active noise reduction (ANR), although sometimes the passive ways to reduce noise can also be called by this name. Passive noise reduction uses sound absorbing material to reduce ...

Pros: Well-made, comfortable, very effective noise canceling. Great sound!
Cons: Battery pack "dongle" gets in the way. Circuitry doesn't magically reduce all noise.

I purchased these headphones in late 2005 because of noisy commutes I make for work. I highway-drive and fly quite frequently, and wanted to listen to music without ambient noise. I researched NC (noise-canceling) headphones on the Internet, and ...

Pros: Small, compact, foldable, carrying case
Cons: Uncomfortable headsets, noisy, disappointing bass response, overpriced, very large, inconvenient battery pack (2XAAA)

I tried the Sennheiser PXC 250 Consumer Headphones and compared them with the Centrios Active Noise Cancelling Headphones. With the Sennheiser, I found lots of background noise, and unless I was VERY careful, I got a lot of crackling noise. The noise ...

Pros: amazing noise-cancellation good sound
Cons: complex folding operation no batteries included

I must say that I'm a big fan on sennheiser: those are actually my 4th pair. I've got some wireless a very cheap vintage pair and a pretty good 490. I just bought those, and it's the first time I had such a good feeling right after buying a pair of ...

Pros: Lightweight (on head); excellent noise reduction; good quality; decent sound
Cons: Separate battery box a bit cumbersome; very slight hiss

This is my 4th pair of noise canceling headphones, and I don't plan to replace them anytime soon. First pair was from Aiwa (HP-CN5) and although noise reduction and sound were good, comfort and quality were not as good. Less of a problem was the ...

Pros: compact size is very portable, nice travel case, noticeable reduction of noise
Cons: battery pack location, noise reduction is not thorough

When turned on but not plugged into an audio source, the Sennheiser headphones reduce white noise, such as jet engines and road noise, by about half (best estimate). It is enough to provide some relief but it does not reduce sounds like talking or ...

Pros: Superb sound quality, good mechanical design, very comfortable, excellent value for money.
Cons: Cables to and from black box can get tangled up.

I am an audiophile, discerning listener. I am also a techno-freak, always on the 'bleeding edge' of technology. I like to listen to sound material only in linear mode (no equalizer or loudness settings) to catch the acoustic mood of the recording studio. ...

Pros: Performance, battery life, size, comfort, cost
Cons: Battery unit is too clunky

Since I do a lot of flying, this pair of headphones is an absolute godsend. I tried out the Bose QuietComfort II as well as the Sony MDR-NC11, and I think the Sennheiser beats them both for a variety of reasons. Size and portability: The ...

Pros: Great sounding, very comfortable, fold up small, great carrying case, nice price.
Cons: Cord might be a little too short

I tried everything. My last attempt at a decent headphone for use in a noisy gym was the Shure E3C "in-ear" headphones. Before trying those out I had been using the Sony MDR-NC20's for the last 6 months. They did cancel the noise out pretty well but the ...

Pros: Knocks down the noise. Good Sound. Great value.
Cons: More wires. Realistic bass, but not enough for a funkmeister.

I would describe aircraft noise as a combination hiss, hum and roar. The PXC 250 headphones do not remove it all, but they knock out the roar, leaving only the far less fatiguing hiss and hum. And once you turn on some music, the hiss and hum ...

Pros: great sound great noise cancelling
Cons: none really other than price

The first question is - Are noise cancelling headphones worthwhile and the second must be - are these particular ones any good? On the subject on noise cancelling I have the following to say - I get on the London Tube every day. The Tube must be one of ...