Noise Cancelling Headphones on a budget

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#1338152 6-Jul-2015 20:56

Thanks, I've ordered the Monoprice in ear headphones, which look to be identical to the Blackbox C20's

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#1338655 7-Jul-2015 16:25

lxsw20: Looking at the Monoprice In Ear jobs, they seem to get a good review, and on closer inspection seem to be the same or very similar to the Blackbox c20

http://www.monoprice.com/Product/?pg_no2=2&c_id=108&cp_id=10823&cs_id=1082706&p_id=10799&sortby=&period=&rating=&seq=1&format=4#feedback

Wow! These look almost exactly, if not exactly, the same as the BlackBox ones! I wonder which ones sound better though and which one is the knockoff version.

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#1338661 7-Jul-2015 16:33

I think they are both just made by the same OEM and then branded whatever. I doubt blackbox or monoprice make their own stuff.

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#1338663 7-Jul-2015 16:41

They will use the same OEM manufacturer. Audio Technica have some almost identical products as well.

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#1338665 7-Jul-2015 16:44

Oh true. Just looking at the BlackBox website, the OEM manufacturer's probably Phitek?

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#1338970 8-Jul-2015 00:21

I see mono price do the larger over ear ones like black box also.
Free shipping to NZ with them?

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#1338994 8-Jul-2015 07:26

sonyxperiageek: Oh true. Just looking at the BlackBox website, the OEM manufacturer's probably Phitek?

I think Phitech is the development company that owns the IP.

If you want cheap the Panasonic RP-HC31E-K is $45-50 @ DSE.

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#1339012 8-Jul-2015 07:58

not cheap but i have these as i do a fair bit of plane travel and i have to say these are the most amazing set of buds i have ever used , i have a set of Bose on ear before but after trying these i put the old bose set away and never looked back

http://worldwide.bose.com/axa/en_nz/web/quietcomfort_20i/page.html

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#1339024 8-Jul-2015 08:16

Jaxson: I see mono price do the larger over ear ones like black box also.
Free shipping to NZ with them?

Nope, using shipto.

And yes, if I did a couple of long hauls a year I would buy Bose, but for the amount of use they will get, I can't justify $400+

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#1347313 19-Jul-2015 19:20

The value of the ATH-ANC23 QuietPoint Active Noise-Cancelling In-Ear Headphones can't really be beat, if you can still find them on Amazon. They're in-ear, so for airlines that are anel about wearing over-ear headphones during takeoff and landing, you're sorted. Paid about US50.00. Yeah, that's not a typo.
JVC's over the ear JVC HANC250 Noise Cancelling Headphones - Black are almost as good as my old fabulous Panasonics. USD100. Add in Youshop shipping costs.

Was given a pair of Bose for my 50th last year. They're great, but the proprietary battery is annoying. Wouldn't've paid for them, since the JVC headphones sound nearly as good.

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