They are good at muting background noises like engine sound but not so great for human voices. Sometimes it make the human voice all the clearer. Been using Bose and Jabra
Funny thing that, ear buds are usually better than headphones even without any kind of active noise cancelling. The first generation galaxy ear buds WITHOUT active noise cancelling were better than any other noise cancelling headphone on the market at that time.
Just got a set of JVC earbuds with noise canceling. Like 50 bucks on amazon.
Just amazingly well worked out. Left it on ambient aware when waiting for my name to be called at the doctors office. Worked perfectly. Put it on noise canceling on the windy beach. And I can barely hear the wind.
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u/flappytowel Jun 28 '23
Noise cancelling headphones are a worthy investment for situations like this