Altec Lansing AHP712 Consumer Headphones

The Bottom Line: These are a definite BUY if you are considering noise cancelling headphones. I would be amazed if the Bose was worth over $200 more.

Review: The previous review titled "Great headphones for high noise environments" gives a very detailed and correct description of these headphones. I agree that the earpads do get warm if the ambient temperature is also warm. But they never got...

The Bottom Line: highly recommended for anyone who wishes to listen to their music in a high noise environment. For typical household noise levels, I recommend using regular headphones instead.

Review: Active Noise Canceling, or Active Noise reduction headphones are a remarkable technology. Using microphones, they listen to the "Noise" outside of the headphones, then generate that same noise except they invert the sound wave, effectively canceling...

The Bottom Line: Decent noise-canceling and a very good sound at a fraction of the cost of competitors. But they are big, and best used only for their intended purpose.

Review: What are they?
The Altec Lansing AHP712i is a full-size, active noise-canceling type headphone intended for reducing background noise or listening to music in a noisy environment, such as in an airline cabin. Active Noise Reduction (ANR)...

The Bottom Line: I would recommend these if you can't afford anything better, and want to cancel out low frequency noises.

Review: I bought these headphones, because they were the most affordable active noise reduction headphones available that enclosed around one's ears. There are four other ANR/ANC headphones in the same price range: CyberAcoustics, Philips, Sony, and...