Sony MDR-NC11 Consumer Headphones

Pros: One of the few noise-canceling earbuds, light, comfortable, durable
Cons: Overpriced, clunky

Adjacent to each 9mm earbud is a tiny microphone. They allegedly determine the trough and crest of the noise present and tell the headphones which frequency to emit. By releasing a sound with the opposite trough and crest, noise-canceling headphones are ...

Pros: Earplugs block out noise all by themselves. Good bass, sound. Volume control has shirt clip.
Cons: Noise cancellation hisses. Cords and control-box tangle/ a bit ungainly. Pricey.

I bought this because my office space is very noisy and I have a hard time concentrating. I wasn't interested in having 'sweaty ears' with headphones that cover the entire ear so I tried out these Sony MDR-NC11As. I certainly did want to block out ...

Pros: Great for those looking for a truly portable noise-canceling solution.
Cons: With earbuds, you always sacrifice some performance. Might not fit you.

Are you confused by the polar opposite reviews you see everywhere about these little earbuds? Some people say they sound tinny with weak bass, while others say they have overpowering bass and weak highs. Some people say these earbuds don't do any ...

Pros: Compromise between "in-ear" and headphone alternatives.
Cons: Not the "best" in any single regard.

The Sony MDR-NC11’s are earphones intended for music reproduction while blocking out background sounds in a noisy environment. To block unwanted noise, external sounds are monitored through small microphones in each earpiece, and an electronic ...

Pros: Good sound quality, impressive bass for earbuds, comfortable.
Cons: Noise cancelling is not what I thought it would be; silicon earbuds can be lost.

I purchased a set of Sony's MDR-NC11 noise-cancelling earbuds approximately four months ago, and have been using them extensively ever since. I purchased them because I was looking for small yet high-quality headphones that I could easily carry ...

Pros: Very comfortable earbuds
Cons: Poor bass output Max volume limited

I bought the new Sony MDR-NC11 earbuds in Hong Kong the day they were released without checking any research or reviews. I've always been nothing than impressed with Sony's design and quality standards, so didn't think twice about buying these without...

Pros: Compact, volume control, carrying case, comfortable in your ears, mutes noise
Cons: Noise canceling circuits not very effective, audio reproduction not as good as it should be

I’ve been eyeing these things since I saw them for sale in Tokyo back in 2000. A few years ago I broke down and purchased $50 Aiwa noise-canceling earphones, and then recently, decided to buy these instead for the following reasons: - I wanted very ...

Pros: Helps you cope with mid-range "drone" that you'd find on trains and busses. Very portable.
Cons: Small ear-bud design lacks "oomph" to cancel very-low-frequency noise. NC adds extra noise.

About six years ago, when the first of the NoiseBuster headphones came out in specialty catalogs (Brookstones, ShaperImage), I bought a pair as a gift for my mother who flew over a dozen times a year to Asia. After only a few uses, she gave them back to...

Pros: Compact, lightweight, great battery life, excellent sound quality, effective noise canceling
Cons: None

The Sony MDR-NC11A is a compact, ear-bud type, noise canceling headphone system. Package Contents The MDR-NC11A is packaged in a blister-pack and contains the following items... - MDR-NC11A Headphone unit - 3 sets of differently sized ear ...

Pros: Very portable, comes with little carry-bag and plane adapter jack
Cons: Don't work nearly as well as their predecessor the NC-10

As a frequent traveler of many years I grew to rely on my old Sony NC-10 noise-canceling earphones. They really work superbly and reduce the rumbling on a long-haul flight to manageable levels, with the big plus that plugging them in to listen to an...

Pros: Good design, good battery life, decent sound isolation.
Cons: Poor quality, short warranty period, poor noise cancellation and with hissing operation noise

Before I purchase this headphone, I have done some research online on this model. I saw many complains about its "hissing" sound when using the noise cancellation function, and one of the earbud stop working after a while. At beginning I thought it ...

Pros: Compact, comfortable combined with some noise reduction, ridiculous list price
Cons: Poor sound quality, cabling could be slicker

I will concur with those that give a more lukewarm review on these headphones. Whether you keep them or run back to demand a refund will merely depend on how much you value the ability to have noise reducing (let's fool not anyone: these do not ...

Pros: Great for audio books on a bus commute
Cons: Nonreplacable ear plugs fall off and get lost, rendering product worthless

I bought these primarily for listening to audio books during my long bus commute. They work great for that. As a non-scientific measure, they enabled me to cut the volume control on my mp3 player from about 30 to about 15. I think this will save my ears. ...

Pros: Comfortable. Light weight. Flexible. Decent sound once you get fit right.
Cons: Just "decent" sound quality. Not good for total silence.

These are rather interesting headphones in that they took a lot of fiddling in order to actually figure out how to wear them, effectively. I'll say this right off: These seem to be designed to do their best while listening to something through them, ...

Pros: Active noise cancelling does work well blocking out constant engine noise.
Cons: Sound quality is not great.

I got these after I lost my Shure E3c Sound Isolating Earphones. The noise cancelling on the Sony works pretty well for what they are ment to do. I wore them on a 3 hour 737 flight and it blocked most of the airplane noise. I also wore them when I cut ...