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What’s the difference between sound isolating headphones and noise cancelling?

I heard noise cancelling needs batteries, major turn off? And which one do you recommend, is there any good brand that’s cheap?

sound isolating completely covers the ears and blocks sound.

noise cancelling have an audio amp built in and a microphone so that when you are wearing the headphones, you can hear normally until you are in a loud noise enviorment and the headphones become isolating headphones.

Hunters and shooters use noise cancelling. The report from a shot causes the headphones to block the loud report.

I buy my shooting headphones at Harbor Freight, they are under $25.00 with a coupon and are every bit as good as the $99.00 ones from Dick’s Sporting Goods.

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One Response to “What’s the difference between sound isolating headphones and noise cancelling?”

  1. ?BobB? Says:
    February 15th, 2010 at 8:35 am

    sound isolating completely covers the ears and blocks sound.

    noise cancelling have an audio amp built in and a microphone so that when you are wearing the headphones, you can hear normally until you are in a loud noise enviorment and the headphones become isolating headphones.

    Hunters and shooters use noise cancelling. The report from a shot causes the headphones to block the loud report.

    I buy my shooting headphones at Harbor Freight, they are under $25.00 with a coupon and are every bit as good as the $99.00 ones from Dick’s Sporting Goods.
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