Noise Cancelling Headphones on a bike?

Anyone used Noise Cancelling Headphones on a bike, not "isolating" but
the ones with active electronics to counter act background noise

you can pick up these for about $110
http://www.panasonic.com.au/products/details.cfm?objectID=4787

I have tried a pair a few years back and they do wonders of cutting
out background noise but that is standing still, not moving through
the air at 100kmh

seeing they work by sampling the the sounds around you them playing
them back at you in real time 180 degrees out of phase, I am worried
that things like wind noise, which will be cancelled by the rubber
inserts could be reproduced and then played though the headphones..

any experiences?

ta

mh

 

In aus.motorcycles on Wed, 3 Jun 2009 00:17:50 -0700 (PDT)

Yes.

I have a set that use the in-ear earphones that insert into the ear
canal.

There was a noticeable difference in the noise at speed.

Zebee

 

I've only played with the "normal" noise reduction headphones that you wear.
They're ok I suppose, but being in electronics, I could think of lots of
different ways that electronics could have been used more productfully.

When it comes to motorcycles, the only thing that even comes close to the
mark (IMO), are moulded in-ear plugs with integrated headphone transducers.
Either the ones that are moulded within the ear plug, or the external ones
that carry the sound a short distance with tubes.

The tubes tend to bang against each other at speed, the fully integrated
transducers do not have this problem, but, the external transducers sound MUCH
better when you're pushing more than just voice through them.

You could be looking at about three times the price for the moulded plugs
and transducers compared to the noise-cancelling types, but IMO, they're a
bazillion times better.

I know I've turned this into a moulded plug sales fest against the noise
cancellers, but again, IMO, they don't even really compare.

I should mention, I have a form of hearing loss that makes it difficult for
me to discern voices and/or music when set with a background of other noise.
I really need to be wary with earphones, because what you might consider very
cost-effective and usable, I find completely useless.

 

When it comes to motorcycles, the only thing that even comes close to the
mark (IMO), are moulded in-ear plugs with integrated headphone transducers.
Either the ones that are moulded within the ear plug, or the external ones
that carry the sound a short distance with tubes.

The tubes tend to bang against each other at speed, the fully integrated
transducers do not have this problem, but, the external transducers sound MUCH
better when you're pushing more than just voice through them.
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What sort of dollars are we talking for either of these moulded options John? I keep hearing about them but never met anyone who actually has them! Sorry to hear of your deteriorated hearing . . . I suspect that if many of us aren't careful we could join you . . .

Regards,

Jim Kelly

 

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